Leslie Dendy has been teaching biology and chemistry for nearly thirty years. She is the author of Tracks, Scats, and Signs and lives with her husband in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Mel Boring is the author of a number of nonfiction picture books, as well as a novel. He lives in Rockford, Iowa, with his family. C. B. Mordan is the illustrator of several books for young readers, including Lost: A Story in String. He lives near Kansas City, Missouri.
* An easy and interesting read. . . . These biographies are provocative with underpinnings of intrigue for discovering what is yet unknown. School Library Journal, starred review * Ten enthralling case studies of scientists from the past several centuries who became their own test subjects--with occasionally fatal results. . . . Riveting reading. Booklist, starred review * An easy and interesting read. . . . These biographies are provocative with underpinnings of intrigue for discovering what is yet unknown. School Library Journal, starred review