PEN America is honored to announce the finalists for the 2022 PEN|E.O. Wilson Literary Awards, for a work that exemplifies literary excellence on the subject of the physical or biological sciences and communicates complex scientific concepts to a lay audience. The winner will be announced on February 28, 2022. Congratulations to all the finalists.
The Memory Thief: And the Secrets Behind What We Remember — A Medical Mystery, Lauren Aguirre
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Fox & I: An Uncommon Friendship, Catherine Raven
Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World, Lisa Wells
Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive, Carl Zimmer
