Carl Zimmer Author & Editor

Carl Zimmer writes the Matter column for the New York Times and has contributed to the Atlantic, National Geographic, Time, and Scientific American. He has won the Stephen Jay Gould Prize among many other awards for his journalism. Zimmer teaches science writing at Yale University. His previous books include Parasite Rex, Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea, and Microcosm, which was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Science Book Prize and longlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize.