Gareth G. Cook (born September 15, 1969) is an American journalist and book editor. He was awarded a

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prizes () are 23 annual awards given by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters". They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fo ...

in 2005 for “explaining, with clarity and humanity, the complex scientific and ethical dimensions of stem cell research.” He is the founder and Editor in Chief of th
Verto Literary Group
"an editorial consulting studio that works with authors, agents, and publishers to bring important stories and ideas to life." Cook was a contributing writer for ''

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'', the series editor of ''The Best American Infographics'' and the editor of Mind Matters, Scientific American's neuroscience blog. His writing has appeared in ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''The Boston Globe'', ''Wired'', and ''Scientific American''.

Career

Cook graduated from

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in 1991 with degrees in Mathematical Physics and International Relations. He was an assistant editor at ''

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'', a scholarly journal based in Washington, DC. He then worked as a reporter at '' U.S. News & World Report'', and then as an editor at the ''

Washington Monthly ''Washington Monthly'' is a bimonthly, nonprofit magazine primarily covering United States politics and government that is based in Washington, D.C. The magazine also publishes an annual ranking of American colleges and universities, which ser ...

''. He was the news editor of the alternative weekly ''

The Boston Phoenix ''The Phoenix'' (stylized as ''The Phœnix'') was the name of several alternative weekly periodicals published in the United States by Phoenix Media/Communications Group of Boston, Massachusetts, including the now defunct ''Boston Phoenix'', '' ...

'' from 1996 to 1999. In 1999, he started at ''

The Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe,'' also known locally as ''the Globe'', is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes. ''The Boston Globe'' is the oldest and largest daily new ...

'', and worked for seven years as the paper's science reporter, covering a variety of topics, including biology, physics, paleontology, archeology, the role of women in science and scientific fraud. He was one of the founders of ''The Boston Globes Ideas section, and then served as its editor from 2007 to 2011. He is now a freelance editor. His stories have twice appeared in ''Best American Science and Nature Writing'': "The Autism Advantage," from the ''New York Times Magazine'', and �
Untangling the Mystery of the Inca
” from ''Wired''. He wrote a story arguing that Japan did not surrender at the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

because of the

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Awards

*Pulitzer Prize (2005) * National Academies Communication Award (2005) *Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ocean Science Journalism Award (2005)

Personal life

He lives in Jamaica Plain, Mass., with his wife, Amanda, and his two sons, Aidan and Oliver. In 2003 he revealed that he is dyslexic.

References

1969 births Living people 20th-century American journalists American male journalists The Boston Globe people Brown University alumni Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism winners Scientific American people Writers with dyslexia American writers with disabilities {{US-journalist-1960s-stub