Advance Copy

For this column, NASW book editor Lynne Lamberg asks NASW authors to tell how they came up with the idea for their book, developed a proposal, found an agent and publisher, funded and conducted research, and put the book together. She also asks what they wish they had known before they began working on their book, what they might do differently the next time, and what tips they can offer aspiring authors. She then edits the 'A' part of that Q&A to produce the author reports you see here.

Books featured in the Winter/Spring 2021 edition of ScienceWriters magazine:

• Lisa Selin Davis: Tomboy—The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare To Be Different

• John Farrell: The Clock and the Camshaft and Other Medieval Inventions We Still Can’t Live Without

• Emily Anthes: The Great Indoors—The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness

• Steve Olson: The Apocalypse Factory—Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age

• Susan D’Agostino: How to Free Your Inner Mathematician—Notes on Mathematics and Life

• Linda Zajac: Four Unofficial Guides to Minecraft

• Cheryl Pellerin: Healing with Cannabis—The Evolution of the Endocannabinoid System and How Cannabinoids Help Relieve PTSD, Pain, MS, Anxiety, and More

• Christopher Wanjek: Spacefarers—How Humans Will Settle the Moon, Mars, and Beyond

• Emily Willingham: Phallacy—Life Lessons from the Animal Penis

• Christoph Droesser: When Things Talk to Us—Voice Assistants, Computers as Authors and Social Bots

• Christoph Droesser: It’s about Sausage—What you have to know if you like to eat meat

• Bijal P. Trivedi: Breath from Salt—A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the Patients and Families Who Changed Medicine Forever

• Randy Mayfield with Beth Miller: One Life—Your Gift Will Make a Way!