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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), a picture book about one prehistoric wolf's journey that changed the world (This Wolf Was Different), and an upcoming picture book with a spunky introduction to geology (I, Rock). 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 save the 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.

Katie holding a tarantula wearing a zoo volunteer badge at age 14.
Katie at their desk, taking a selfie with a black and white cat on their lap.

Katie at her current home desk, with her cat, Darwin, on her lap.

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

Katie (age 14) and friend. Lansing, MI.

Headshot of Katie, by Carolyn Nishon.

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Background photo credits: NASA and my own images. Hint: mine are the ones taken on planet Earth.

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