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Rachel E. Gross

Rachel E. Gross is an award-winning science journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. A former Knight Science Journalism Fellow and digital science editor of Smithsonian Magazine, she writes for BBC Future, the New York Times, and Scientific American.

Rachel E. Gross

Rachel E. Gross is an award-winning science journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. A former Knight Science Journalism Fellow and digital science editor of Smithsonian Magazine, she writes for BBC Future, the New York Times, and Scientific American.

Awards

Shortlisted — ALA Carnegie Medal, 2023

Shortlisted — PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, 2023

Books by Rachel E. Gross

  • Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

    Rachel E. Gross

    Hardback, 2022

    A scientific journey to the centre of the new female body
  • Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

    Rachel E. Gross

    E Book, 2022

    Longlisted for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

    A New York Times Editors' Choice

    A Science Friday Best Science Book to Read This Summer

    A myth-busting voyage into the...

  • Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage

    Rachel E. Gross

    Paperback, 2023

    Longlisted for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

    A New York Times Editors' Choice

    A Science Friday Best Science Book to Read This Summer

    A myth-busting voyage into the...