[3] It was adapted into a movie by George C. Wolfe, which premiered on HBO on April 22, 2017, and starred Rose Byrne as Skloot, and Oprah Winfrey as Lacks's daughter Deborah.

She is the daughter of poet, novelist, and essayist Floyd Skloot[2] and Betsy McCarthy, a professional knitter and pattern book author.

[6] Skloot is also a contributing editor at Popular Science and has worked as a correspondent for NPR's Radiolab and PBS's NOVA scienceNOW.

It was made into an HBO film produced by Oprah Winfrey and Alan Ball[9] with Rose Byrne portraying Skloot.

Her second book, exploring the science and ethics of human–animal relationships, was put under contract with Crown Publishing Group in 2011.