Susan Freinkel is the author of Plastic: A Toxic Love Story (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Her previous book, American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree (University of California Press), won a 2008 National Outdoor Book Award. She also writes for magazines including Health and Discover.
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