Ellen Ruppel Shell

Prize winning journalist Ellen Ruppel Shell has contributed to scores of publications including The Smithsonian , Scientific American , Science , the New York Times , and the Washington Post . Professor Emeritus of science journalism at Boston University, she was a longtime contributing editor and correspondent to the Atlantic , and the author of four previous books, including Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture .

Prize winning journalist Ellen Ruppel Shell has contributed to scores of publications including The Smithsonian , Scientific American , Science , the New York Times , and the Washington Post . Professor Emeritus of science journalism at Boston University, she was a longtime contributing editor and correspondent to the Atlantic , and the author of four previous books, including Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture . See less