Mary Kay Carson is the author of more than sixty books for young people about wildlife, space, weather, nature, science, and history. Her works encompass a wide range of juvenile genres, from nonfiction to picture books to historical fiction chapter books. Carson’s books have received more than a dozen starred reviews, as well as multiple awards, including the 2023 Giverny Award for Best Children’s Science Picture Book for The River That Wolves Moved and the 2019 AAAS Prize for Excellence in Science Books for Alexander Graham Bell for Kids.