Stephen Hall

Stephen Hall

He is the author, most recently, of Size Matters: How Height Affects the Health, Happiness, and Success of Boys—and the Men They Become, which was published by Houghton Mifflin Co. in November, 2006. The book explores the biological, psychological, and cultural aspects of human growth.. His previous books include Merchants of Immortality: Chasing the Dream of Human Life Extension (2003), A Commotion in the Blood: Life, Death, and the Immune System (1997), Mapping the Next Millennium: How Computer-Driven Cartography Is Revolutionizing the Face of Science (1992), and Invisible Frontiers: The Race to Synthesize a Human Gene (1987).

All four titles were acknowledged as a “Notable Book of the Year” by the New York Times Book Review. Hall has received numerous awards, including the “Science in Society Award” in 2004 for book writing from the National Association of Science Writers for Merchants of Immortality and the William B. Coley Award in 1998 from the Cancer Research Institute for A Commotion in the Blood.

Hall served as an editor of the New York Times Magazine as well as a Contributing Writer, and has published numerous cover stories for the Magazine. In addition to the New York Times, his journalism has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, Science, The New Yorker, Technology Review, Scientific American, Discover, National Geographic, Smithsonian, and many other national publications.