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Elizabeth Royte is an American science/nature writer. She is best known for her books Garbage Land (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year 2005), The Tapir's Morning Bath: Solving the Mysteries of the Tropical Rain Forest (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, 2001), and Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It.

Royte's articles have appeared in the The New York Times Magazine, Harper's, National Geographic, The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Outside, Smithsonian, and other magazines. The publication Best American Science Writing 2004 has featured her work. Her article about women who survived the genocide in Rwanda attracted a good deal of attention. She has traveled throughout the world to research her articles and books.

Royte began her career as an intern at The Nation. She did freelance copy editing and writing for other magazines.

Royte lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their daughter. Her brother is an ecologist. Her uncle is theater director/producer Robert Kalfin.

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