Kathleen McAuliffe

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KATHLEEN MCAULIFFE is a contributing editor to <em>Discover.</em> Her work has appeared in over a dozen national magazines, including <em>Discover</em>, the <em>New York Times Magazine</em>, <em>Atlantic</em>, and <em>Smithsonian.</em> From 1999 to 2006, she was also a health columnist for <em>More.</em> Her work has been published in <em>Best American Science Writing,</em> and has received several grants and awards, including a science writing fellowship from the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole. She has appeared numerous times on TV and radio, and was interviewed by <em>To the Point,</em> the nationally syndicated <em>Osgood FIle, </em>and other programs after her 2012 <em>Atlantic</em> feature "How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy" became the second most widely read article in the magazine's history. McAuliffe lives in Miami with her husband—a research physicist—and her two children.