Kate Messner

New York Times bestselling author Kate Messner is passionately curious and writes books that encourage kids to wonder, too. Her titles include award-winning picture books like Over and Under the Snow, Over and Under the Wetland, The Next Scientist, and The Scariest Kitten in the World; novels like Breakout and Chirp; the Fergus and Zeke easy readers; the popular Ranger in Time chapter book series; and the History Smashers graphic nonfiction series. Kate also leads the multi-author team behind The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class chapter books.

Kate’s titles are frequently selected for One School, One Book and One School/One Author programs and other community-wide reads. Her books have been New York Times Notable, Junior Library Guild, IndieBound, and Bank Street College of Education Best Books selections. Her novel The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. won the E.B. White Read Aloud Medal, and her science picture books have been finalists for the American Academy for the Advancement of Sciences/Subaru SB&F prize for excellence in science writing.

Before becoming a full-time writer, Kate was a TV news reporter as well as an educator who spent fifteen years teaching middle school English. She lives on Lake Champlain with her family and is a proud Adirondack 46er.