Arthur Allen (author)

For other people named Arthur Allen, see Arthur Allen (disambiguation).

Arthur Allen (born 1959 in Cincinnati, Ohio)^[1] is an American author and journalist.

Education

Allen graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1981 with an AB in development studies.^[1]

Career

Since 1995, Allen has mainly written about biology and medicine.^[1] He became a freelance writer in 1996, writing articles for a variety of publications, including the Washington Post, the New York Times Magazine, the New Republic, Mother Jones, Redbook and the Washington Independent.^[2][3][4] In 2007, his book Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver was published by W. W. Norton.^[1] Additional books he has written include Ripe: The Search For The Perfect Tomato (2011),^[5] and The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl (2014).^[6] In 2014, Allen joined the Staff of Politico^[2] as eHealth editor, writing and editing stories about heath IT. In 2020, he left Politico and became an editor at Kaiser Family Foundation Health News.^[7]

Personal life

Allen is married to The New Yorker writer Margaret Talbot, with whom he has a son and a daughter.^[2]