Lauren Redniss is an author, an artist, and a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation ""genius grant."" Her previous books for adults include Radioactive, a finalist for the National Book Award, and Thunder & Lightning, winner of the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. The New York Times called her book ""astonishing"" and ""virtuosic."" Time Capsule was her first book for children.
"★ ""Intense summertime heat never looked this good."" —Kirkus Reviews, starred review ""Redniss eschews hard climate-change-related information in this spare work that aptly depicts the sensory experience of living amid one hot, hot planet’s various cycles."" —Publishers Weekly"