More about the Author: Sam Kean is the \;New York Times bestse lling author of \;Dinner with King Tut\, Caesar&rsquo\;s La st Breath\, and more! Dinner with King Tut was a national bestseller and a \;New Yorker\, Amazon\, Smithsonian\, and History Cha nnel top book of the year\, as well as the winner of the Non-Obvious Book Award for most original book. Kean edited the 2018 edition of \;Best A merican Nature and Science Writing. His work has appeared in \;Nat ional Geographic\, The New Yorker\, The Atlantic Monthly \, the \;New York Times Magazine\, Psychology Today< /em>\, and \;Slate\, among other publications. He has been fe atured on NPR&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Radiolab\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Science Friday\, &rdquo\; &ldquo\;All Things Considered\,&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Fresh Air.&rd quo\; His books have been translated into twenty-four languages around the world. In 2021\, he won the national Grady-Stack Award for outstanding sc ientific communication. One of his books even appeared in an iPhone commer cial. Finally\, his podcast\, \;The Disappearing Spoon\, debu ted at #1 on the iTunes charts for science podcasts.
\nLit Chat Inte rview is a 60-minute program consisting of a 40-minute conversation betwee n author Sam Kean and an interviewer followed by 20 minutes of audience Q& amp\;A.
\nDid you know that all of our Lit Chat authors' books count toward your Jax Stacks Reading Challenge completion? Find out w hat other authors we 're hosting this year and join in the fun! \;
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