BRANDY SCHILLACE (skil-á-chay) is an author and historian who works at the intersections of medicine, history, science, and literature. Non-fiction includes Death’s Summer Coat: What Death and Dying Teach Us About Life and Living, Clockwork Futures: The Science of Steampunk (Pegasus) and the forthcoming Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher (Simon and Schuster). Dr. Schillace is a 2018 winner of the Arthur P. Sloan Science Foundation award and has appeared on Travel Channel’s Mysteries at the Museum, NPR’s Here and Now, and the John Fugelsang Show.

She has bylines at Scientific American, Globe and Mail, HuffPo and Crime Reads, among others. Currently the Editor-in-chief of BMJ’s Medical Humanities (London), Brandy has expanded the journal’s mission and purview, providing international conversation around medicine and its engagement with the humanities, social sciences, and health policy.

Previously a professor of literature and research associate in history, Brandy spent five years in curation and public outreach for a medical museum in the United States.

Dr. Schillace is represented by Jessica Papin at Dystel and Goderich Literary Management.

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