Rose George is the author of "Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate", "The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters" and "A Life Removed: Hunting for Refuge in the Modern World". A freelance journalist, she has written for "The New York Times", "Slate", "Harpers", and the "Financial Times". She lives in London.