Robin Marantz Henig is a freelancescience writer, and contributor to theNew York Times Magazine. Her articles have appeared inScientific American,Seed,Discover and women's magazines. She writes book reviews and occasional essays for theWashington Post, as well as articles forThe New York Times science section, op-ed page, and Book Review.^[1]

Henig won anAlicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship^[2] in 2001 writing about the life and legacy ofPaul de Kruif. She won aJohn Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in 2009.^[3]

Henig has written several science books, including covering the early days of in-vitro fertilization research and the controversy surrounding the world's first test-tube baby inPandora's Baby, which won theWatson Davis & Helen Miles Davis Prize of theHistory of Science Society, the 2005 Science in Society Award from theNational Association of Science Writers,^[4] and the 2005 Outstanding Book (General Nonfiction) award from theAmerican Society of Journalists and Authors.^[5] She has also won the Founders' Career Achievement Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors.^[6]

Henig attendedCornell University and earned a master's degree in journalism fromNorthwestern University.^[7] Until recently,^[when?] Henig lived inTakoma Park, Maryland.

• The Myth of Senility (foreword byRobert N. Butler, MD). Anchor/Doubleday, 1981; Scott, Foresman/AARP Books, 1985, 1988ISBN 0673248925
• Your Premature Baby (foreword byBenjamin Spock, MD). Rawson Associates, 1983; Ballantine Books, 1984ISBN 978-0345313652
• How a Woman Ages (with the editors of Esquire; foreword byGail Sheehy). Ballantine Books, 1985ISBN 0345317807
• Being Adopted (with David M. Brodzinsky, PhD and Marshall Schechter, MD). Doubleday, 1992; Anchor Press, 1993ISBN 0385414269
• A Dancing Matrix: Voyages Along the Viral Frontier. Alfred A. Knopf, 1993ISBN 0394588789;^[8][9][10] Vintage, 1994 (paperback).
• The People's Health: A memoir of public health and its evolution at Harvard. The Joseph Henry Press, National Academy of Sciences, 1997ISBN 0309054923^[11]
• The Monk in the Garden: The lost and found genius of Gregor Mendel. Houghton-Mifflin, 2000; Mariner Books, 2001ISBN 0618127410^[12][13][14]
• Pandora's Baby: How the first test tube babies sparked the reproductive revolution. Houghton Mifflin, 2004ISBN 978-0-87969-809-6^[15][16][17]
• A Field Guide for Science Writers, second edition (co-editor, with Deborah Blum and Mary Knudson). Oxford University Press, 2005ISBN 0195174992
• Twentysomething: Why do Young Adults Seem Stuck?(with coauthor Samantha Henig). Penguin. 29 October 2013.ISBN 9780142180341.

• Outstanding Book Award, American Society of Journalists and Authors, 2005 (Pandora's Baby); 1994 (A Dancing Matrix)
• Best American Science Writing, Ecco/HarperCollins, 2005 ("The Genome in Black and White [and Gray]")
• Library Journal, "30 Best Books of the Year" listing, 2004 (Pandora's Baby)
• Science-in-Society Award, National Association of Science Writers, Best Magazine Article, 2005 ("The Quest to Forget")
• National Book Critics Circle Award, finalist, 2001 (The Monk in the Garden)
• Goodchild Prize for Excellent English, The Queen's English Society, finalist, 2001 (The Monk in the Garden)
• New York Public Library "25 Books to Remember" Award, 2001 (The Monk in the Garden)
• Journalism Research Fellowship, The Alicia Patterson Foundation, 2001
• Mini-Fellowship, Knight Foundation for Science Writing, MIT, December 1999
• Officer's Grant, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Program in Public Understanding of Science and Technology, 1998–99
• June Roth Memorial Award for Medical Writing, American Society of Journalists and Authors: 2005, First Prize, articles ("The Quest to Forget"); 1994, First Prize, books (A Dancing Matrix); 1993, First Prize, articles ("Flu Pandemic")

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