Blood villains and heroes by Rose George

Rose George is an author and journalist living in the UK. She has written four books: her last was Nine Pints: A journey through the money, medicine and mysteries of blood. Her third book, Ninety Percent of Everything, won the Maritime Foundation Mountbatten Literary Prize in 2013. She writes journalism – features, longreads, opinion pieces and book reviews – for The Guardian, New Statesman, Spectator, New York Times and many other publications. Rose has a Congratulatory First Class honours from Somerville College, University of Oxford, and an MA in politics from the University of Pennsylvania. She received both a Thouron Award and a Fulbright scholarship. Rose’s website is www.rosegeorge.com