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If I Live to Be 100 is based on One Hundred Years of Stories, a series of profiles of American centenarians, which Ellis produced and which aired in 2000 on NPR's Morning Edition. There are now more 100-year-olds alive than at any other time in history, and longevity studies are finding many of them are active, healthy and engaged with the world around them. Neenah Ellis set out to meet these people and to hear what insights, memories, wisdom and just plain common sense tips they have to offer. What she's found will surprise you. The original radio profiles will be intercut with Ellis's reading of her book. If I Live to be 100 is not simply a transcript of the radio series, but about how the experience of meeting and talking with these amazing centenarians affected the author.

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Neenah Ellis graduated from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, with a degree in journalism. She is an independent producer and writer, and the winner of three prestigious Peabody Awards for excellence in broadcasting. She has spent twenty-five years making documentaries on a variety of subjects in the United States and abroad. Neenah Ellis graduated from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, with a degree in journalism. She is an independent producer and writer, and the winner of three prestigious Peabody Awards for excellence in broadcasting. She has spent twenty-five years making documentaries on a variety of subjects in the United States and abroad. BBC Books is the publisher of choice for titles relating to BBC programmes and personalities. One of the UK's leading non-fiction imprints, BBC Books has had particular success in the food and drink, gardening, history, natural history and travel genres. Amongst our authors are some of Britain's best-known and best-loved TV personalities including Mary Berry, David Attenborough, Alan Titchmarsh and Rick Stein. We are also the official publisher of some of the BBC's biggest global brands, including Doctor Who, Top Gear, Sherlock, Good Food and Strictly Come Dancing.

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