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Barry Werth

Barry Werth is an award-winning journalist and the acclaimed author of seven books. His landmark first book, The Billion-Dollar Molecule , recounts the founding and early struggles of a start-up pharmaceutical company. Werth's articles have appeared in The New Yorker , The New York Times Magazine , and GQ , among others. He has taught journalism and nonfiction writing at Smith, Mount Holyoke, and Boston University. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.