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Tl;dr:

-My two most recent books were published in February and March of this year.The Six, a middle-grade version of Loren Grush’s bestseller about the first US women in space, earned a starred review from Kirkus. 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 February 2025, it was #2 in Teen and Young Adult 19th Century US History and #5 in Civil and Human Rights Books for Young Adults 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.