Hope Reese

Reese grew up in Southampton, New York.^[1] She studied psychology at Bowdoin College and earned a Master of Liberal Arts in journalism from Harvard Extension School.^[1]

Reese has contributed to publications including The New York Times, The Atlantic, Vox, The Boston Globe, and the Chicago Tribune.^[1] From 2015 to 2017, she was a staff writer at TechRepublic.^[6][7] In 2016, her article using artificial intelligence to predict the Kentucky Derby superfecta attracted coverage from Newsweek, CBS News, and ESPN.^[6][7][8]

The Women Are Not Fine examines a series of early 20th-century arsenic poisonings in rural Hungary, known as the "angel makers of Nagyrév" case, in which a midwife distributed poison to local women who killed their husbands.^[2] The book was reviewed by The Telegraph, the Literary Review, and Könyves Magazin.^[9][10][11] Foyles listed it among its Top 10 Reads for July 2025.^[12] The book was featured on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, The Irish Times Women's Podcast, and ABC Radio National's Nightlife, where Reese discussed the case and her research.^[13][14][15]