Tim Folger

American science writer

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Born: 20th century
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: writer
Education: New York University(until 1989)
, University of California, Santa Cruz(until 1984)

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Tim Folger is an American science and nature writer. He is a contributing editor at Discover Magazine and writes about science for several other magazines. Folger has been the "series editor" of The Best American Science and Nature Writing yearly anthology since 2002. He won the 2007 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Tim
Family name: Folger
Awards: Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism(2013)
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Science Writing Award(2007)
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