Awards

• Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Non-Fiction Award 2013 (United States)
• Shortlisted for National Book Critics Circle Awards: Nonfiction 2013.
• Winner of Society of Biology Book Awards: General Biology Book 2013.
• Winner of Society of Biology Book of the Year 2013 (UK)

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Quammen's book is compelling and shows that there are many candidates out there vying to be the next pandemic -- Euan Lawson * British Journal of General Practice * A frightening and fascinating masterpiece of science reporting that reads like a detective story -- Walter Isaacson Quammen has a wide range of knowledge, an agile pen, and a generous heart -- James Gorman * New York Times Book Review * A tremendous book...this gives you all you need to know and all you should know. Quammen's research and the analysis make sensationalism unnecessary -- Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times * Mr Quammen is not just among our best science writers but among our best writers, period...that he hasn't won a non-fiction National Book Award or Pulitzer Prize is an embarrassment... Quammen is a patient explainer and a winning observer, he has a novelistic flair for describing his fellow humans... Quammen, combining physical and intellectual adventure, wraps his canny explorations into powerful moral witness -- Dwight Garner * New York Times *

Quammen's book is compelling and shows that there are many candidates out there vying to be the next pandemic -- Euan Lawson British Journal of General Practice A frightening and fascinating masterpiece of science reporting that reads like a detective story -- Walter Isaacson Quammen has a wide range of knowledge, an agile pen, and a generous heart -- James Gorman New York Times Book Review A tremendous book...this gives you all you need to know and all you should know. Quammen's research and the analysis make sensationalism unnecessary -- Bryan Appleyard Sunday Times Mr Quammen is not just among our best science writers but among our best writers, period...that he hasn't won a non-fiction National Book Award or Pulitzer Prize is an embarrassment... Quammen is a patient explainer and a winning observer, he has a novelistic flair for describing his fellow humans... Quammen, combining physical and intellectual adventure, wraps his canny explorations into powerful moral witness -- Dwight Garner New York Times

A frightening and fascinating masterpiece of science reporting that reads like a detective story -- Walter Isaacson Quammen has a wide range of knowledge, an agile pen, and a generous heart -- James Gorman New York Times Book Review A tremendous book...this gives you all you need to know and all you should know. Quammen's research and the analysis make sensationalism unnecessary -- Bryan Appleyard Sunday Times Mr Quammen is not just among our best science writers but among our best writers, period...that he hasn't won a non-fiction National Book Award or Pulitzer Prize is an embarrassment... Quammen is a patient explainer and a winning observer, he has a novelistic flair for describing his fellow humans... Quammen, combining physical and intellectual adventure, wraps his canny explorations into powerful moral witness -- Dwight Garner New York Times One of that rare breed of science journalists who blend exploration with a talent for synthesis and storytelling... This is a timely, serious and impressive work that marks the maturation of a field of microbiology -- Nathan Wolfe Nature

Mr Quammen is not just among our best science writers but among our best writers, period...that he hasn't won a non-fiction National Book Award or Pulitzer Prize is an embarrassment... Quammen is a patient explainer and a winning observer, he has a novelistic flair for describing his fellow humans... Quammen, combining physical and intellectual adventure, wraps his canny explorations into powerful moral witness -- Dwight Garner * New York Times * A tremendous book...this gives you all you need to know and all you should know. Quammen's research and the analysis make sensationalism unnecessary -- Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times * Quammen has a wide range of knowledge, an agile pen, and a generous heart -- James Gorman * New York Times Book Review * A frightening and fascinating masterpiece of science reporting that reads like a detective story -- Walter Isaacson Quammen's book is compelling and shows that there are many candidates out there vying to be the next pandemic -- Euan Lawson * British Journal of General Practice *

Author Information

David Quammen is a recipient of the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the author of several acclaimed natural history titles. His book, The Song of the Dodo, won the BP Natural World Book Prize in 1996.

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