Brandy Schillace
Biography
Brandy Schillace
Brandy Schillace, PhD, is a historian, author, journalist and mystery novelist. Winner of the 2018 Arthur P. Sloan Science Foundation award and the 2024 Royden B. Davis, S. J., Distinguished Author Award, Brandy has bylines at the Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, Globe and Mail, Huffington Post, WIRED, Boston Globe and UNDARK.
Brandy is the host of "Unsolved Mysteries of Medicine" (2025) and the popular YouTube livestream "Peculiar Book Club", featuring bestselling authors of unusual nonfiction, from Mary Roach to Ed Yong. She has appeared on "Mysteries at the Museum" with Don Wildman, "The Unbelievable" with Dan Akroyd, "Secrets Declassified" with David Duchovny, and "Histories Greatest Mysteries" with Laurence Fishburne.
She gives regular keynotes and is a tireless advocate for social justice, disability and LGBTQ+ representation.
Brandy Schillace