Catherine Mayer on amortality

Catherine Mayer is London Bureau Chief for TIME. She has also worked as Senior Editor for TIME Europe, Middle East and Africa. In November 2010, Mayer received an award for Story of the Year at the 2010 Foreign Press Association Media Awards for her cover story on British Prime Minister David Cameron's first official visit to the US. Mayer joined TIME in 2004 after a lengthy stint as a foreign correspondent for Focus magazine, Germany’s leading news weekly, reporting from Europe and South East Asia. Mayer has also served as Deputy Editor for International Management – the journal of European Business, and occupied the same position at Business Traveller magazine. She began her career at The Economist. Mayer makes frequent appearances on radio and TV current affairs programs and has published widely in the British and international press. She was President of the Foreign Press Association in London from June 2003 until June 2005. In 2011 she was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Journalism and as Political Commentator of the year in the Comment Awards. She was also ranked in 29th place out of Total Politics' Top 100 Political Journalists. Her book Amortality: The Pleasures and Perils of Living Agelessly was published by Vermilion, an imprint of Random House, in May 2011. She has another book in the works, for publication in 2012. Mayer was born in the USA and holds dual US and British citizenship.