Hello there. Recent blog posts are linked on this page. For more information about me and my books, check the other pages of this site.

–My two most recent books were published in February and March of 2025. The Six, a middle-grade version of Loren Grush’s bestseller about the first US women in space, earned multiple starred reviews. I posted about it here and here. Super Navigators is a beautifully illustrated account of what science can tell us about how animals find their way in the world. I posted about it here and here.

–The revised and updated edition of A Young People’s History of the United States, which I adapted for young readers from the work of historian Howard Zinn, was published in early 2023. As of June 2025, it was #1 in Teen & Young Adult Civil and Human Rights, #2 in Teen & Young Adult 19th Century US History, and #3 in Teen & Young Adult Nonfiction on Prejudice, on Amazon. I posted about it here.

–I’ve published a LOT of nonfiction books for young readers, as well as some fiction.

–Favorite fiction reading: horror, science fiction, fantasy. Nonfiction: travel, exploration, natural history.

–Favorite places visited so far: Tibet, Iceland, Laos, Corsica, Bulgaria, Istanbul, Uruguay, Patagonia, Costa Rica. I also love traveling around my home state. Oregon has it all: glorious Pacific coast, forested mountain chain, and high-desert interior.

–I love clouds, rain, short days, and general gloom.