Dorion Sagan, son of Lynn Margulis and Carl Sagan, worked closely with Lynn Margulis as coauthor of many books including Microcosmos, What is Life? and Dazzle Gradually. What is Life? was called “A masterpiece of science writing” in Orion magazine, and included on a list of “Mind-Altering Masterpieces” by Utne Reader. His own works include Death and Sex – winner of the Bookbinder’s Guide of New York 2009 award for best nonfiction hardcover – and Into the Cool, a sustained track on the thermodynamics of life. His most recent projects are Lynn Margulis: The Life and Legacy of a Scientific Rebel and Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science. His writings have appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, The Skeptical Inquirer, Wired, Cabinet, Natural History, The Sciences, and other magazines.