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Deborah Blum

Deborah Blum is a Pulitzer-Prize winning science writer and the author of five books, most recently the best-seller, The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York. She writes for a range of publications including The New York Times, Scientific American, Slate, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times (and even the literary journal, Tin House). She is currently working on a sixth book about poisonous food.

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The Formaldehyde Conspiracy

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Call Me Lithium

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Arsenic and Rice. Yes, again.

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Poisoning the (Female) Tourist in Asia

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Smoked Out

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Ten Clues to the Modern Poisoner

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Hate, Murder, Repeat

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Bad Chemistry

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A Killer Without Regret

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Comfort (Food) Chemistry

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A Poison for Assassins

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Tiny Fireworks

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The Curious Case of the Poisoned Cows

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The Curse of the Lead Bullet