ABOUT ME | Katie Slivensky: Science Educator and Children's Author

Headshot of Katie in a red shirt with a white overshirt, brown hair down to shoulders.

Katie at the Kennedy Space Center in front of a sign that says "Teach on Mars".

Katie in full paleontology gear on top of a cliff in the Wyoming badlands, while hunting for Eocene

Headshot of Katie in a red shirt with a white overshirt, brown hair down to shoulders.

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ABOUT KATIE

Katie Slivensky is the critically acclaimed author of two action-packed middle grade sci-fi novels (The Countdown Conspiracy and The Seismic Seven) and two natural-history-themed picture books (This Wolf Was Different, with illustrator Hannah Salyer, and I, Rock: A Geology Tale, with illustrator Steph Stilwell). She is a professional science educator and enthusiast who has worked in zoos and museums since age 11. Her love of learning has resulted in a lifetime of adventures, including helping separate fighting rhinos, falling down a cliff in search of fossils, flying an astronaut through the solar system (the astronaut was real, the solar system was a simulation), raising a stranded baby mouse, creating million-volt lightning bolts, and handling feisty alligators. She is a firm believer that science and adventure are for everyone, and that kids have a lot to teach adults about how to take care of our world.

Katie grew up in Michigan and currently lives just outside Boston with her family, including her dear little cat, Darwin. She has science degrees from the University of Michigan and Stony Brook University. She is represented by Ammi-Joan Paquette of the Erin Murphy Literary Agency. Pronouns: They/She.

A statement from Katie concerning current events.

Times are hard and painful. Especially for so many of our world's children.

As a children's author, I am on the side of the children. All children.

Children have the right to safety, family, love, play, joy, learning about their world, and finding who they are.

In these times, when so many different horrid people threaten children's hopes, happiness, families, futures, and even their very lives, this is something that needs to be said.

I am on the side of the children, and always will be.

I am, at the moment, committed to several efforts to help the children of my community and of this world. And I am always looking for additional ways to help.

If you know of any child (any age) who needs a positive boost and there is anything I can do to help -- a letter, a book, anything -- please reach out. So many are hurting right now. I wish I could help them all. I will help all I can.

Choose good. Choose love. Choose the children.