HER HIDDEN GENIUS
Greetings Goodreads Readers!
As a writer of historical fiction about women who’ve left crucial legacies, I am often asked the following question: who are you writing about next? Given that I have a long list of women from the past whose stories deserve to be told, this can be tough to answer depending on where I am in the writing process. But not right now. I can’t wait for you to read HER HIDDEN GENIUS, the important, compelling story of the brilliant British scientist Rosalind Franklin.
Maybe you’ve heard Rosalind’s name and know a bit about her, or perhaps she’s unknown to you. Either way, in HER HIDDEN GENIUS, you’ll discover my Rosalind Franklin, a tenacious genius who conducted laborious scientific research that led to an understanding of the double helix structure of DNA. That research was then shared without her knowledge or permission by her colleague Maurice Wilkins with two men you may have heard of — Francis Crick and James Watson. Using that research, these now-famous scientists very quickly built a model and wrote a paper about the nature of DNA for which they ultimately won the Nobel Prize, while Rosalind’s role was largely hidden.
But Rosalind gets a second chance at life and recognition in the pages of HER HIDDEN GENIUS, a story that is at once scientific and suspenseful. And readers will also learn the way in which we are indebted to Rosalind for her later research into the structure of viruses and RNA — as that may well have played a role in understanding COVID and creating vaccines. Please join me in discovering the brilliance and legacy of Rosalind Franklin in HER HIDDEN GENIUS.
Thank you and happy reading!
Marie Benedict Her Hidden Genius
As a writer of historical fiction about women who’ve left crucial legacies, I am often asked the following question: who are you writing about next? Given that I have a long list of women from the past whose stories deserve to be told, this can be tough to answer depending on where I am in the writing process. But not right now. I can’t wait for you to read HER HIDDEN GENIUS, the important, compelling story of the brilliant British scientist Rosalind Franklin.
Maybe you’ve heard Rosalind’s name and know a bit about her, or perhaps she’s unknown to you. Either way, in HER HIDDEN GENIUS, you’ll discover my Rosalind Franklin, a tenacious genius who conducted laborious scientific research that led to an understanding of the double helix structure of DNA. That research was then shared without her knowledge or permission by her colleague Maurice Wilkins with two men you may have heard of — Francis Crick and James Watson. Using that research, these now-famous scientists very quickly built a model and wrote a paper about the nature of DNA for which they ultimately won the Nobel Prize, while Rosalind’s role was largely hidden.
But Rosalind gets a second chance at life and recognition in the pages of HER HIDDEN GENIUS, a story that is at once scientific and suspenseful. And readers will also learn the way in which we are indebted to Rosalind for her later research into the structure of viruses and RNA — as that may well have played a role in understanding COVID and creating vaccines. Please join me in discovering the brilliance and legacy of Rosalind Franklin in HER HIDDEN GENIUS.
Thank you and happy reading!
Marie Benedict Her Hidden Genius
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Dec 22, 2021 09:50AM
Excited to read "Her Hidden Genius". On my to read list for 2022. Thanks Marie for this important and inspiring work you are doing! Will you be doing a book signing event in Pittsburgh at some point next year? :)
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Her Hidden Genius, I thought was an excellent book and loved reading it. I liked all the chemistry and reading on her groundbreaking work on DNA 🧬. Incredible, at Cold Spring Harbor Institure, that James Watson ran when I went there, had his Noble Prize Plague displayed, yet Rosalind Franklin was not mentioned at all. Thank you for bringing Rosalind to life.
Thank you for sharing your personal experiences here! And I so appreciate you reading about these incredible women -- particularly Rosalind!Marie
Thank you for being a wonderful author with the focus on women. I've just finished reading "The Other Einstein" and look forward to "Her Hidden Genius". The similarities between the women in those two stories should be required reading. After I picked up your first book, I knew you would be my go-to author of choice.
