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Nathalia Holt

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December 22

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Nathalia Holt, Ph.D. is the New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls, The Queens of Animation, Wise Gals, and Cured. She had written for numerous publications including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Slate, Popular Science, PBS, and Time. She lives with her husband and their two daughters in Pacific Grove, CA.

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	Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars 3.87 avg rating — 9,598 ratings — published 2016 — 18 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 Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History 4.18 avg rating — 3,488 ratings — published 2019 — 10 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
	Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage 3.87 avg rating — 3,166 ratings — published 2022 — 14 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 Beast in the Clouds: The Roosevelt Brothers' Deadly Quest to Find the Mythical Giant Panda 3.79 avg rating — 2,195 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Cured: How the Berlin Patients Defeated HIV and Forever Changed Medical Science 3.99 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2014 — 16 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
	(Cured: The People Who Defeated HIV) [By: Holt, Nathalia] [Feb, 2015] by Nathalia Holt (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark

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“In this job you need to look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man, and work like a dog.”
― Nathalia Holt, Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

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“A woman who will tell you her age will tell you anything”
― Nathalia Holt, Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage

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“Her work would inform mission control if the first American satellite would be a success or a crushing failure.”
― Nathalia Holt, Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

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