Recent Work

[nonfiction] On alternate weeks, I've got a new piece at Paper Droids—Geek culture for women—and Failing the Finkbeiner, where I celebrate women and their science while, you know, mentioning that they're female.

[fiction] Olivia & the Experiments—four stories telling the adventures of Olivia, intrepid girl scientist, as she has a run-in with an NMRI machine, gets up close and personal with an onion nuclear membrane, resurrects Dorothy Hodgkin's Nobel-prize winning work, and solves a puzzle with a only a telescope and clear seeing—is now available for purchase:
Olivia the Experiments PDF Olivia & the Experiments MOBI Olivia & the Experiments EPUB
These stories were funded by my Kickstarter backers to subvert scientist stereotypes with LEGO fanfic. Read an excerpt.

[poetry] My newest book of poetry, The Scientific Method, is now available from Parallel Press. It includes poems about the Navier-Stokes equations, Barbara McClintock, moss, and other intriguing scientific topics. Email me if you'd like to purchase an autographed copy. It was reviewed in April 2012 by American Scientist.

Upcoming Events

Boston University conference: The Power of Narrative, Boston, April 2013

Science Writing Boot Camp, May 8-11, 2013