This week Shelly and Bella speak to Author and Medical Historian Dr Brandy Schillace about her new book Mr Humble & Dr Butcher:  A Monkey's Head, the Pope's Neuroscientist, and the Quest to Transplant the Soul.

Dr. BRANDY SCHILLACE (skil-AH-chay) is a historian of medicine and the critically acclaimed author of DEATH’S SUMMER COAT, CLOCKWORK FUTURES,  and most recently MR. HUMBLE AND DR. BUTCHER, described by the New York Times as a “macabre delight.” Her books have been reviewed in Science Magazine, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, New Yorker, Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and more. Dr. Schillace is host of the Peculiar Book Club, a livestream community of authors and readers, and has appeared on Travel Channel’s Mysteries at the Museum,  NPR’s Here and Now, and FOX’s American Built. She has bylines at Scientific American, Globe and Mail, HuffPo, WSJ, Medium, and Crime Reads. (she/her)

Website: https://brandyschillace.com/
Twitter @bschillace
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PeculiarBookClub


The book is available for order at your local bookstore and also online from https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Humble-Dr-Butcher-Neuroscientist/dp/1982113774/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=mr+humble+and+dr+butcher&qid=1629556769&sr=8-1


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