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April 15, 2019   ✎news , beth macy

Beth Macy wins LA Times Book Prize

Beth Macy's bestseller Dopesick has earned top honors in the Science and Technology category for this year's award.

❝ Former Roanoke Times reporter Beth Macy earned top honors in the Science and Technology category for “Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America,” which chronicles the origins of the nation’s crippling dependency on painkillers and the Purdue pharmaceutical company’s role in the crisis.

Macy spoke about the painful process of researching her work. She dedicated her win to Tess Henry, a woman central to her book who suffered from addiction and was later murdered.

“In my writing, there were people I spoke to who died before I was able to get home and type up my interview notes…. There were times when I really, really wanted to just quit,” she said ... [LAtimes.com]


BETH MACY is a journalist & author several books, including the acclaimed bestseller Factory Man. Watch her discuss "Thinking Global, Writing Local" below, and learn more about booking Beth for your next event today.

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