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NYTimes Bestselling Author • Medical Historian • TV Host

COMING OCTOBER 2023

From New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris, a riveting middle grade nonfiction book about diseases that have shaped the course of human history.

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Also available in multiple other languages.

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Also available in multiple other languages.

About Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris

Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris is a New York Times Bestselling Author with a Ph.D. in the History of Science and Medicine from the University of Oxford. Her debut book, The Butchering Art, won the PEN/E.O. Wilson Award for Literary Science and has been translated into twenty languages. Her latest book, The Facemaker, debuted at #4 on the L.A. Times Bestseller List, and was recently long listed for the Kirkus Book Prize.

Lindsey writes regularly for a variety of publications, including The Wall Street JournalScientific AmericanThe GuardianThe Lancet, and New Scientist. Her television series on the Smithsonian Channel, The Curious Life and Death of…, explores some of the most mysterious deaths in history. Lindsey is currently working on a children’s book with her husband Adrian Teal, notable artist and caricaturist for the hit TV series, Spitting Image.

The Butchering Art Book on Audible

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Eerie and illuminating, The Butchering Art celebrates the triumph of a visionary surgeon whose quest to unite science and medicine delivered us into the modern world.

The Curious Life and Death of... - Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris
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The Curious Life and Death of...

Author and medical historian Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris uses science, tests, and demonstrations to shed new light on famous deaths, ranging from drug lord Pablo Escobar to magician Harry Houdini. Using her lab to perform virtual autopsies, experiment with blood samples, interview witnesses and conduct real-time demonstrations, Dr. Fitzharris puts everything about these mysterious deaths to the test. Along the way, she’s joined by a revolving cast of experts, including Scotland Yard detectives, medical examiners, weapons gurus and more.

On Audible

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2,200+ Reviews

NYTimes Bestseller ‘The Facemaker’ places ingenious surgical innovations alongside the dramatic stories of soldiers whose lives were wrecked and repaired.

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