Teresa Robeson is the (APALA) American Library Association’s Youth Media Picture Book Award-winning author of QUEEN OF PHYSICS: HOW WU CHIEN SHIUNG HELPED UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF THE ATOM (Sterling/Union Square; illus. Rebecca Huang); TWO BICYCLES IN BEIJING (Albert Whitman; illus. Junyi Wu); the graphic biography, WHO IS TIBET’S EXILE D LEADER? THE 14TH DALAI LAMA (Penguin Workshop; illus. Angela Poon); CLOUDS IN SPACE: NEBULAE, STARDUST AND US (MIT Kids/Candlewick; illus. Diana Renjina); CLEAR AND BRIGHT: A CHING MING FESTIVAL STORY (Astra Young Readers; illus. William Low); and WHO SMASHED HOLLYWOOD BARRIERS WITH GUNG FU? BRUCE LEE (Penguin Workshop; illus. Ryan Inzana). She’s a part of the anthologies NONFICTION AUTHORS DIG DEEP (NCTE; ed. Melissa Stewart) and NO WORLD TOO BIG: YOUNG PEOPLE FIGHTING GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE (Charlesbridge; ed. Lindsay Metcalf, Keila Dawson, Jeanette Bradley).

Her upcoming works include DISGUSTOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF GROSS (Odd Dot/Macmillan; illus. Anna-Maria Jung), a nonfiction early reader series, and a nonfiction middle grade book. Besides writing, she is currently the Co-Regional Advisor for the Indiana chapter of Society of Book Writers and Illustrators, and has served as a mentor to Queer Kidlit and Inked Voices. She also often donates critiques to kid lit writing contests for newer writers and charitable auctions.

Teresa lives with her family on 27-acres in rural Indiana where they grow and forage much of their own food. She relaxes by birding, creating art, keeping up with science, making marmalade and jellies, knitting, baking, and trying to impress the chickens with her bilingualism. Learn more about her at teresarobeson.com