Lethal Genes by Linda Grant

Linda Grant is a novelist who also works as a journalist. In 2000, she was awarded the Orange Award for Fiction, and in 2006, she was awarded the Lettre Ulysses Prize for the Art of Reportage. Her most recent book, The Clothes on Their Backs, was a Man Booker Prize finalist in 2008. She contributes to publications such as The Guardian, The Telegraph, and Vogue.