NEWS & EVENTS

2024
PBS Features Jennifer Vanderbes on "The Open Mind." Feb. 12 Link

2023
ABC News Audio Podcast "The Book Case" features Wonder Drug, Nov. 16 Link
Yale Law School hosts Jennifer Vanderbes to discuss Wonder Drug, Oct. 25 Link
Wonder Drug long-listed for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
Wonder Drug reviewed in America Magazine Link
Ralph Nader Radio Hour features Jennifer Vanderbes, July 29 Link
Wonder Drug reviewed in The Globe and Mail  (Canada) Link
People Magazine features US thalidomide survivor C. Jean Grover and Wonder Drug, July 31.  
Air Talk with Larry Mantle Radio show features Jennifer Vanderbes, July 25 Link
The Jimmy Malone Radio show features Jennifer Vanderbes, July 19 Link
Wonder Drug reviewed in Harvard Public Health Magazine Link 
Book event for Wonder Drug at Politics & Prose, Washington, D.C. July 9, 3PM. Link
Wonder Drug is NPR's Book of the Day. July 5. Link
Wonder Drug reviewed in People Magazine. July 3.
Book launch of Wonder Drug at McNally Jackson, Seaport Store, NYC, June 27, 7PM. Link
NPR Weekend Edition features Jennifer Vanderbes speaking about Wonder Drug Link
Washington Post review of Wonder Drug, Link
"Thalidomide in America: A journalist corrects the record on US exposure." Review of Wonder Drug in Science
*Starred* Publisher's Weekly pre-publication review for Wonder Drug Link
Wonder Drug named one of Kirkus's "20 Best Books to Read in June" Link
*Starred* Kirkus pre-publication review for Wonder Drug   Link
*Starred* Booklist pre-publication review for Wonder Drug

2022
Athena Film Festival Reveals 2022 Alfred P. Sloan Development Award (Hollywood Reporter)   Link
Vanderbes named New York State Foundation for the Arts Playwriting/Screenwriting Fellow for 2022    
Vanderbes named Athena List Winner for 2022 (Hollywood Reporter)
Feature Film Project (Tangled Bank Studios)   Link 

2021
Review of Primating at the Arkansas Repertory Theater (Broadway World)   Link
Primating to premiere at the Arkansas Repertory Theater (Broadway World)    Link

2020
Vanderbes cited in an article on thalidomide in the U.S. (New York Times)   Link 

2019
Developing TV Drama (Tristar/FOX) 
Strangers At The Feast listed as one of "The best Thanksgiving books of all time" (Oprah Magazine)   Link
Jennifer Vanderbes named 2019-2020 NEH Public Scholar for her research for Wonder Drug

2018
Sloan Foundation Grant awarded to Wonder Drug
Vanderbes tapped to write historical feature film for Paramount

2017
Wonder Drug, a nonfiction book about the thalidomide scandal of the 1960s under contract. (Random House and Harper Collins UK) 

2016
The Best Books for Thanksgiving (Vogue)   Link   
13 Books Bird Lovers Will Flock To   Link 
Developed TV drama (Lifetime Television) 
8 Glorious and Triumphant Novels of Scientific Discovery   Link

2015
Developed TV drama (Bravo) 
Secrets, Spies and Sacrifice: 11 Captivating Novels About World War II   Link