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Mary Mycio

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Mary Mycio was born to Ukrainian parents who immigrated to the United States when she was one year old. She reported from Kiev for the Los Angeles Times between 1991 and 2003 while also directing a legal aid program for journalists. Since then, she has been splitting her time between international development consulting and writing.

She has been fascinated and frightened by atomic power since her fifth grade teacher told her misbehaving class that they would all die in a nuclear war because they didn't follow instructions. Her first book, "Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl", was published in 2005. Her debut thriller "Doing Бizness" is a darkly comic and suspenseful romp based on the secret history of nuclear disarmament and sm ...more

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Who hasn't heard of him after a Fox News interviewer proved pathetic and pitiful when faced with someone with a brain. But just before that, Aslan joined Twitter. I know this because he showed up on my Twitter feed as someone to follow. So, I did. He must have just joined, maybe on the advice of a publicist, because I was only his 7th follower, I think, and he followed me back, making him my 8th f Read more of this blog post »

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	Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl 3.81 avg rating — 293 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doing Bizness 3.22 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Sea Whale by The Black Sea Whale, Marichka Melnyk, Mary Mycio (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wormwood Forest Publisher: Joseph Henry Press 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“subject would largely have to have been a retraction. Because all the while, I was looking for lies to expose. No bit of information existed merely as a fact but as a clue to a deep underlying truth that would reveal a massive cover-up by both East and West.”
― Mary Mycio, Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl

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“They told the truth, but they buried it so deep in the footnotes of scientific reports and the jargon of obscure journals that almost none of it could emerge to penetrate public consciousness.”
― Mary Mycio, Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl

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“resonate deeply in modern imaginations”
― Mary Mycio, Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl

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