Rebecca E. Hirsch

Freelance Writer

Multiple publishers

Rebecca E. Hirsch is a botanist-turned-freelance writer whose goal is to ignite excitement for science in young readers. She is the author of more than 90 STEM books for kids and has written articles for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Science News for Students, Muse, ASK, and Spider. Her newest books include Sensational Senses: Amazing Ways Animals Perceive the World, a Junior Library Guild selection; Where Have All the Birds Gone? Nature in Crisis, recipient of multiple starred reviews; and Night Creatures: Animals That Swoop Crawl and Creep, a Bank Street Best Children’s Book of 2022. Her website is www.rebeccahirsch.com