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Barry Werth

バリー・ワース

Barī Wāsu

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
author, journalist
Active Years
1995-2014
Affiliations
Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Boston University

Awards

Stonewall Book Award
2002
Work: The Scarlet Professor
Organization: American Library Association
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Billion-Dollar Molecule: One Company's Quest for the Perfect Drug

1995 Nonfiction

Story of Vertex Pharmaceuticals' quest for a perfect drug.

Pharmaceutical industryInnovation

Damages: One Family's Legal Struggles in the World of Medicine

1998 Nonfiction

Case study of medical malpractice.

Medical malpracticeLegal battles

The Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin: A Literary Life Shattered by Scandal

2002 Biography

Biography of literary critic Newton Arvin.

HomosexualityCensorshipScandal
Adaptations
  • [Documentary film] The Great Pink Scare / Tug Yourgrau (2004)
  • [Opera] Opera based on the book / Eric Sawyer and Harley Erdman (2017)

The Architecture and Design of Man and Woman: The Marvel of the Human Body, Revealed

2004 Nonfiction

Co-authored with Alexander Tsiaras on human body.

Human bodyScience

31 Days: The Crisis That Gave Us the Government We Have Today

2006 Nonfiction

Story of a political crisis.

PoliticsCrisis

Banquet at Delmonico's: Great Minds, the Gilded Age, and the Triumph of Evolution in America

2009 Nonfiction

Evolution in Gilded Age America.

EvolutionHistory

The Antidote: Inside the World of New Pharma

2014 Nonfiction

Inside new pharma world.

PharmaceuticalsBusiness

Bibliography

  • The Billion-Dollar Molecule (1995)
  • Damages (1998)
  • The Scarlet Professor (2002)
  • The Architecture and Design of Man and Woman (2004)
  • 31 Days (2006)
  • Banquet at Delmonico's (2009)
  • The Antidote (2014)

Legacy

American nonfiction author specializing in pharmaceuticals and biographies.