Jennifer Wright is the author of several pop history books, including It Ended Badly: 13 of the Worst Breakups in History and Get Well Soon: History’s Worst Plagues and the Heroes That Fought Them (winner of Audible’s Best History Book of 2017). She was also a writer on HBO's feminist sci-fi series, The Nevers. Previously, she was the political editor-at-large for Harper’s Bazaar. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, fellow writer Daniel Kibblesmith, and their daughter.
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A witty, irreverent tour of history’s worst plagues―from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio―and a celebration of the heroes who fought them In 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn’t stop. She danced until ... SEE MORE