Contributors
Angela Posada-Swafford
Science Writer/Producer
Annie Buckley
Annie Buckley is a writer, artist, and teacher. She has written books for kids about many topics such as yoga, creative writing, and heroic girls. She also writes about art and culture for magazines.
Barbara A. Somervill
Barbara A. Somervill writes children’s nonfiction books on a variety of topics. She is particularly interested in nature and foreign countries. Somervill believes that researching new and different topics makes writing every book an adventure. When she is not writing, Somervill is an avid reader and plays bridge.
Bruce Markusen
Author and Historian, Cooperstown, New York
Cameron Kippen
Podologist and Sneaker Historian, Lecturer at Charles Sturt University, Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Cecilia Minden
Cecilia Minden, PhD, is a literacy consultant and the author of many books for children. She is the former director of the Language and Literacy program at Harvard Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cecilia lives with her family in North Carolina.
Christin Ditchfield
Christin Ditchfield is host of the internationally syndicated radio program Take It To Heart!® She is an accomplished educator, a popular conference speaker, and the author of more than 50 books. Christin writes on a wide variety of topics, ranging from family life and faith to sports, science, history, and literature. She has also written a number of historical and contemporary biographies for young people. She makes her home in Sarasota, Florida.
Dana Meachen Rau
Dana Meachen Rau is the author of more than 200 books for children. She has written a variety of nonfiction titles on many subjects, including books on history, science, toys, and crafts, as well as biographies. When she is not working in her home office, she is outside walking or running in her sneakers around her neighborhood in Burlington, Connecticut.
Devra G. Kleiman
Zoo-Logic, LLC; Senior Scientist Emeritus, Smithsonian National Zoological Park; Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland; Vice-President, Save the Golden Lion Tamarin
Dr. Brock Fenton
Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Burney Le Boeuf
Department of Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California
Dr. Chuck Berg
University of Kansas
Dr. Cormack Gates
Co-Chair (North America) IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) Bison Specialist Group; Coordinator, Environmental Science Program, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Dr. Harold K. Voris
Curator and Head, Amphibians and Reptiles, Department of Zoology, The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois
Ed Bangs
Western Gray Wolf Recovery Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Helena, Montana
Edward Kolodziej
Director of Global Studies, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
Ellen Labrecque
Ellen Labrecque is a freelance writer living outside of New York City. Previously, she was a senior editor for eight years at Sports Illustrated For Kids magazine. An avid runner, Ellen awakes at 5 a.m. to log some miles before beginning her day.
Frank Muschal
Frank Muschal lives in Chicago with his elderly cat, Agatha. (“She’s older than laptops and cell phones, but I’m older than TV.”) He’s been writing and editing for textbook publishers for thirty years and has no guilt feelings about tormenting students all that time. Besides writing, Frank keeps busy playing tennis, riding horses, and fumbling around on his guitar. “I’m no rock star,” he says. “I just want to make me more interesting to myself.”
Fredrik Liljeblad
Fredrik Liljeblad is a professional writer and the author of many books and articles on subjects as varied as languages, politics, movies, and travel. He has lived in many countries, including Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, Sweden, England, and now lives in Southern California with his two cats, Smoky and Gombei. His main hobby is gardening--especially roses and camellias--and he often writes about gardening for magazines.
Gino Francesconi
Librarian, Carnegie Hall Archives, New York, New York