Jennifer Swanson's love of science began when she started a science club in her garage at the age of seven. While no longer working from the garage, Jennifer's passion for science resonates in the fascinating 45+ nonfiction and fiction books she has written for children but especially Brain Games (NGKids) and Super Gear: Nanotechnology and Sports Team Up (Charlesbridge), which was named an NSTA Best STEM Book of 2017. Jennifer's book, Save the Crash-Test Dummies, received a Parent's Choice GOLD award. Her book Astronaut-Aquanaut: How Space Science and Sea Science Interact received a Florida Book Award, a Eureka California Reading Association Gold Award, and an NSTA Best STEM Book award. Her Beastly Bionics book received a GOLD Florida Book Award and an NSTA Best STEM Book award. An accomplished and exciting speaker, Jennifer has presented at National NSTA conferences, the Highlights Foundation, the Atlanta Science Festival, the World Science Festival in NYC and the Library of Congress' National Book Festival.