JULIA SCOTT is an award-winning journalist, essayist and radio producer whose work has been featured in Best American Science Writing and on Good Morning America. Scott’s stories have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Nautilus, The Walrus, Modern Farmer, San Francisco Magazine, Salon and on radio shows like PRI's The World, Marketplace and the BBC World Service. Scott is a podcasting instructor and an editor with KQED Radio in San Francisco. Born and raised in Montreal, she now lives in Oakland, California. www.juliascott.net