He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for “explaining, with clarity and humanity, the complex scientific and ethical dimensions of stem cell research.”[1] He is the founder and Editor in Chief of the Verto Literary Group, "an editorial consulting studio that works with authors, agents, and publishers to bring important stories and ideas to life.
His writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Boston Globe, Wired, and Scientific American.
Cook graduated from Brown University in 1991 with degrees in Mathematical Physics and International Relations.
His stories have twice appeared in Best American Science and Nature Writing: "The Autism Advantage," from the New York Times Magazine, and “Untangling the Mystery of the Inca,” from Wired.
He wrote a story arguing that Japan did not surrender at the end of World War II because of the atomic bomb.