"Brady's stories tell us about a prize-winning scientist, a professional woman, and a humble person driven by voracious curiosity. She captures and unleashes into print the combination of creativity, passion, and pugnaciousness that makes Elizabeth Blackburn such an inspiration."--Kathleen Collins, Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley "Brady"s stories tell us about a prize-winning scientist, a professional woman, and a humble person driven by voracious curiosity. She captures and unleashes into print the combination of creativity, passion, and pugnaciousness that makes Elizabeth Blackburn such an inspiration."Kathleen Collins , Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley "In this superb biography of superstar molecular biologist, Elizabeth Blackburn, Catherine Brady tells exactly how Blackburn made her great discoveries. She also reveals the traits of mind and educational experiences that make Blackburn such a great scientist: a life-long passion for nature, brilliance, creativity, a superb postdoctoral mentor, single-mindedness bordering on obsession, andas a woman in a man"s worldthe wisdom to hide her vast ambition beneath the guise of a sweet, well-behaved young lady. An inspiring account of a real-life heroine, and a lesson in how to conduct Nobel-quality research."Nancy Hopkins , Amgen, Inc. Professor of Biology, MIT
Catherine Brady is Assistant Professor in the MFA in Writing Program at the University of San Francisco. She is the author of two collections of short stories, The End of the Class War and Curled in the Bed of Love (a winner of the 2002 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction).
"Although Blackburn is certainly not an average woman scientist, there are many features of her journey that others who are interested in medical science-women and men alike-will connect with." Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D. England Journal of Medicine "Catherine Brady's Elizabeth Blackburn and the Story of Telomeres offers a commanding account of an inspiring effort to overcome gender bias along with advice about doing science, conquering academic politics, and taking responsible positions on science policy." Science
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