Lisa Yount
Lisa Yount is an American author born in 1944, known for her extensive work in children's and young adult nonfiction, including biographies of scientists, books on biology, medicine, genetics, and women's studies.[1] She began as a freelance textbook writer in the San Francisco Bay area from 1967 to 1991 and has since authored or edited over 32 books, eight of which won awards or appeared on recommended lists, such as Black Scientists (1991) and A-Z of Women in Science and Math (1999).[1][2] In 2018, at age 74, she was also active as a storyteller, collage artist, and photographer in El Cerrito, California.[3]
Jan 1, 1944
Children's nonfiction
Young adult nonfiction
Biography
Biology
Medicine/Health
Women's studies
Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (Library in a Book)
William Harvey: Genius Discoverer of Blood Circulation
Antoine Lavoisier: Genius of Modern Chemistry
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Nikola Tesla: Harnessing Electricity
Alfred Wegener (Makers of Modern Science)
Craig Venter: Dissecting the Genome
Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek: Genius Discoverer of Microscopic Life
Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek: First to See Microscopic Life (Great Minds of Science)
Alfred Blalock, Helen Taussig, and Vivien Thomas: Mending Children's Hearts
The Father of Anatomy: Galen and His Dissections (Great Minds of Ancient Science and Math)
Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek: First to See Microscopic Life (Great Minds of Science)
Right to Die and Euthanasia (Library in a Book)
Asian-American Scientists
Rosalind Franklin: Photographing Biomolecules
Modern Genetics: Engineering Life (Milestones in Discovery and Invention)
William Harvey: Discoverer of How Blood Circulates (Great Minds of Science)
Memory (Lucent Overview Series)
Luc Montagnier: Identifying the AIDS Virus
At Issue Series - The Ethics of Genetic Engineering
Contemporary Issues Companion - Cancer (hardcover edition)