Jacqueline Houtman spent much of her life in training as a scientist, earning a PhD in Medical Microbiology and Immunology. After leaving the lab, she began a career as a freelance science writer. She has written for scientific journals, educational publishers, magazines, and nonprofits. Her middle grade novel, The Reinvention of Edison Thomas (Front Street 2010) is an example of what she calls “sciency fiction,” incorporating accurate science as an integral part of the story. It is the winner of the Tofte/Wright Children’s Literature Award and has been selected by Read On Wisconsin!, the Kansas State Reading Circle, and CCBC Choices 2011.
Jacqueline is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, the National Association of Science Writers, and the American Medical Writers Association. She was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center. Jacqueline lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her engineer husband and two sciency kids.