Laurie Garrett, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who has been a health and science writer for Newsday magazine since 1988, and a frequent contributor to such publications as The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times. Her book The Coming Plague (1994) was named one of the best books of 1994 by The New York Times Book review. Garrett lives in New York City and can be reached via her web site: www.lauriegarrett.com