Background and Early Career
Born in Urbana, Illinois, Blum grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Bristol, England, and Athens, Georgia.
A graduate of the University of Georgia, where she was editor of the student newspaper The Red and Black, Blum worked as a reporter covering police, fires, courts, and other general assignment beats in Georgia, Florida and California before she turned to science writing. She was on the staffs of the Macon Telegraph, the St. Petersburg Times and the Fresno Bee, among other publications.
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