Jenny Marder

Jenny Marder is author of The Ultimate Kid's Guide to the Universe and The Ultimate Kid's Guide to the Weather.

She is a freelance journalist and a frequent contributor to the New York Times. Her writing has also appeared in the Washington Post, National Geographic and Scientific American and has won awards from the National Association of Science Writers, the Los Angeles Press Club and the Gracies. She is lead editor of NASA's Earth Science News Team.

She lives in Northern Virginia with her two kids.