Melissa Stewart

Melissa Stewart is an award-winning author of more than 200 science books for children, specializing in nature and nonfiction topics. Born in 1968 in Hartford, Connecticut, she earned a B.S. in biology from Union College in 1990 and an M.A. in science journalism from New York University in 1991, worked as a science editor, and became a full-time writer in 2000. Her works, such as 'Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes, and Stinkers' and 'Can an Aardvark Bark?', have received honors including Sibert Honor and NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books.