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Claire L. Evans
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Claire L. Evans is a journalist, author and YACHT lead singer whose nonfiction work includes the history of women’s contributions to computing.
Biography
Claire L. Evans is an American journalist, author, singer and artist based in Los Angeles. She wrote Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet, a social history examining women’s contributions to computing and internet technology. Her writing has appeared in Vice, The Guardian, Wired and Aeon.
Evans created the science and culture blog Universe, hosted by National Geographic’s Scienceblogs network. An essay from the blog, “Moon Art: Fallen Astronaut,” was included in The Best Science Writing Online 2012. She became editor-in-chief of OMNI Reboot in 2013 and formerly served as Futures Editor of Motherboard. Alongside her writing, she is the lead singer of the pop duo YACHT, which she joined in 2008, and a member of the feminist collective Deep Lab.
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Books by Claire L. Evans
Broad Band
Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet traces women’s often-overlooked contributions to computing and internet technology. Its subjects include Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, Elizabeth “Jake” Feinler and Stacy Horn.