Where are you from?
Detroit
Who are your favorite writers?
I grew up on Dawkins, Gould and Diamond.
Which book/books have had the biggest influence on your writing?
Richard Wrangham-Catching fire: How Cooking Made Us Human
Jared Diamond: Guns, Germs and Steel (1997); and The Third Chimpanzee (2004)
Ray Kurzweil- The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
What are your hobbies and outside interests?
Exploration, Adventure Travel, Food.
What is the single best piece of advice anyone ever gave you?
Don't answer the question you were asked, answer the question you wish you were asked.
What is the question most commonly asked by your readers? What is the answer?
How are pandemics born? Will we ever be able to predict and prevent pandemics?
What inspired you to write your first book?
The desire to understand the role of human history and evolution in pandemics and the desire to map out future directions for predicting and preventing pandemics.
Where do you write?
Stanford and my office in San Francisco.
