Writing and Editing
I began my career as a newspaper journalist in California, where I won awards for feature, commentary, and investigative writing. Subsequent journalism has been published in New Scientist, Evening Standard, Telegraph Magazine, Aeon, and the New York Times, among others. I also write and edit learning resources for non-profit and academic organisations. Notable writing and editing projects include:
Lost in Space (Pantheon/Penguin):
My narrative non-fiction book exploring human spaceflight past, present and future was listed among the Books of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle and Independent (UK).
14-18 NOW/Centenary Commissions
With creative learning expert Bill Lucas, I wrote the learning resource Make Art Not War, based on art work commissioned to commemorate World War I. Artists Yinka Shonibare, Rachel Whiteread, Bob and Roberta Smith, and Anna Meredith provided inspiration for this resource, which has been used by more than 50,000 further education students across the UK.
Tate/A New Direction:
I was lead deviser and editor for Learning Lenses, a teacher resource supporting the Tate Year 3 Project by Turner Prize winning artist (and Oscar winning director) Steve McQueen and exhibited at Tate Britain from 2019-2021.
Other writing and editing clients include London School of Economics (LSE), the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, DEMOS, and the London Borough of Brent. A selection of my writing is playfully presented below.
Classroom Revolution
After decades under a Soviet stranglehold of rote learning, Lithuania’s schools are opening the doors to creativity. Aeon Magazine
Spaced Out
Living in space was meant to be our next evolutionary step. What happened to the dream of the final frontier? Aeon Magazine
Return of the Space Shuttle
It is back, and this time there is more than ever riding on the space shuttle's success, reveals Greg Klerkx. New Scientist
Shuttle Concerns Force NASA’s Hand
The space agency fast-tracks replacement launch vehicles as the veteran orbiter heads for retirement sooner rather than later. New Scientist
Elevator to the Stars
It's been on the drawing board for more than a century – now engineers are building it for real. Going up! New Scientist
Mission Unthinkable
Seemingly endless troubles have cast a long shadow across the US space exploration programme. Greg Klerkx suggests a radical solution. New Scientist