Award-winning author Laurie Wallmark writes picture book biographies of women in STEM and fiction. Her books have earned five-starred trade reviews, been chosen as Junior Library Guild Selections, and received awards such as Outstanding Science Trade Book, Crystal Kite Award, Cook Prize Honor, and Parents’ Choice Gold Medal. Her titles include Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine, Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code, Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life, Numbers in Motion, Code Breaker, Spy Hunter, and Dino Pajama Party. Laurie has an MFA in Writing from VCFA and is a former software engineer and computer science professor. You can find Laurie on the web at www.lauriewallmark.com and @lauriewallmark.