Michelle Nijhuis, a project editor for The Atlantic, is the co-editor of The Science Writers’ Handbook and the author of The Science Writers’ Essay Handbook. She writes about science and the environment for National Geographic and other publications; her work has been recognized with several national awards, and included in four Best American anthologies. After 15 years off the electrical grid in rural Colorado, she and her family now live in White Salmon, Washington.

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