Posts by Gayle Snible

When artist and writer Lauren Redniss is asked why she created her new graphic biography Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout, her reply is as striking and powerful as her work: “I wanted to create a visual book about invisible forces,” Redniss said. “In this case, radioactivity and love. I was drawn to the Curies’ story because it is full of drama — passion, discovery, tragedy, scandal.”