Vicki Cobb has a degree in Biology from Barnard College and a Masters in Secondary School Science Education from Columbia University's Teachers College. She has worked as a scientist and teacher but has spent the last 37 years writing for children. The major influences on her work is her memory of her wonderful childhood at The Little Red School House ( where experiential learning was the order of the day), her love of discovery through experimentation, and the fact that she is female during a period when women found their voices.

Awards: New York Academy of Science Best Science Book of the Year,
Eve Gordon Award for contribution to Children's Science Literature,
Washington Irving Children's Book Choice Award (twice),
ALA Pick of the List, Outstanding Science Trade Books,
Parent's Choice,
ABA Pick of the List,
SLMSSENY Award for Outstanding Contributions to Children's Literature.

Upcoming book: See For Yourself: More Than 100 Experiments for Science Fairs and Projects (Scholastic, Fall 2001) A book about Vicki Cobb: Meet My Grandmother, She's a Children's Book Author by Lisa McElroy (with help from Abigail Jane Cobb) Millbrook Press, Fall 2001