"After 15 years of writing about the cosmos, the Knight Science Journalism Fellow begins work on a memoir about loss, motherhood, and the biology that underscores both.
"Ignition: What sparked M.R. O’Connor to write a book about fire?
Former Knight Science Journalism Fellow M.R. O’Connor says that authoring “Ignition” changed her vision of the history, and future, of fire on the landscape.