Angela Saini is an award-winning science journalist and the author of Geek Nation, which was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2011.

Angela’s work focuses on science, technology and their impact on society. Her writing has been published in New Scientist, Science, the Guardian, and she’s a regular reporter on BBC radio science shows. She was shortlisted for the best feature award from the Association of British Science Writers in 2010 and named European Junior Science Writer of the Year by the Euroscience Foundation in 2009.

Before going freelance, she was a reporter for BBC News in London, where her investigation into bogus universities won the Prix Circom Award for European television journalism. In 2011 she was nominated under the media professional category at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards.

Angela started out as a newspaper journalist in New Delhi before joining ITN in London on its prestigious news trainee scheme. Her undergraduate degree was a Masters in Engineering from Oxford University and she has a second Masters in Science and Security from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London.