Mara Hvistendahl is a correspondent with Science magazine and a contributor to publications ranging from Foreign Policy to Popular Science. She is also the author of Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men. Named a Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2011, a Discover Magazine 2011 Must-Read, and a Slate Best Book of 2011, Unnatural Selection details how sex selective abortion and sex selection have contributed to the disappearance of tens of millions of females from Asia and other continents. The book looks at how this gap is transforming whole communities—and details how the West played a role in sparking this problem.

“Massively well-documented….Engrossing….[Hvistendahl] has not only done her research but has also carried out extensive investigative journalism in several countries.”
―The Washington Post

“Unnatural Selection reads like a great historical detective story.”
―The New York Times