Jaime Green (born December 12, 1982) is an American science writer. She is known for her debut book ''The Possibility of Life'' and for her work since 2019 as series editor of The Best American Science and Nature Writing. She holds an MFA in

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and is a lecturer at

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. Green’s first book, ''The Possibility of Life'', was published in 2023 by

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, and

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. At ''The Washington Post'',

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wrote, "A wide-ranging and delightful survey, The Possibility of Life is the kind of book that makes you exclaim 'Wow!' out loud while reading." It was featured on

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and in the

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Book Club. The Possibility of Life has been cited in academic publications and was a finalist for the

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in Science and Technology in 2023. Green was the

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columnist for the ''New York Times Book Review'' from 2018 to 2020, and associate editor of Future Tense at ''Slate'' from 2019 to 2023. From 2014-2016 she produced a literary

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called The Catapult. Her writing has appeared in ''Slate'', ''The New York Times Magazine'', and ''Aeon''. Green was on Jeopardy! College Championship in 2001.

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