Mara Hvistendahl
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Mara Hvistendahl

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Mara Hvistendahl is an investigative reporter with The Intercept. Her latest book, THE SCIENTIST AND THE SPY: A TRUE STORY OF CHINA, THE FBI, AND INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE, details a far-reaching FBI investigation involving a man accused of stealing genetically modified corn seed lines from Monsanto. Mara's 2011 book UNNATURAL SELECTION, on the global effects of prenatal sex selection, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. A proficient Mandarin speaker and former National Fellow at New America, she lived in Shanghai for eight years, where she covered China's renaissance in science and technology as a correspondent for Science. Mara now lives in Minneapolis.
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