Tucson Festival of Books

Mindy Weisberger (she/her)


Mindy Weisberger is a science writer, editor, producer and voiceover artist who has written for CNN, Scientific American, Live Science and Scholastic. Her reporting covers weird animal behavior, paleontology, strange medical cases, space, earth science and more. She scripted and directed media for exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History, co-hosted the science podcast Life’s Little Mysteries and has appeared in dozens of videos explaining science. Her book "Rise of the Zombie Bugs" was published in April 2025.

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Book:
Rise of the Zombie Bugs
The Surprising Science of Parasitic Mind-Control
Science / Medicine / Technology
JHU Press
April 2025
ISBN 9781421451350
296 pages