Stephanie Sammartino McPherson è un'autrice prolifica nota per la sua coinvolgente letteratura per l'infanzia e le opere di saggistica. Dopo aver scritto la sua prima storia per bambini all'università, ha pubblicato ventotto libri e numerosi articoli su riviste, spesso concentrandosi su scoperte scientifiche e le storie umane che le accompagnano. La sua carriera abbraccia l'insegnamento e la scrittura freelance per giornali, esperienze che hanno contribuito al suo stile accessibile e informativo.
Il lavoro di McPherson riflette la sua passione per la scienza e le narrazioni a sfondo umano, unendo accuratezza fattuale a una narrazione avvincente. La sua formazione come educatrice conferisce chiarezza alla sua scrittura, rendendo argomenti complessi accessibili ai giovani lettori. Vive in Virginia e in California con il marito, Richard, e hanno due figli adulti. McPherson continua a scrivere, condividendo la sua curiosità ed entusiasmo per l'apprendimento attraverso le sue opere pubblicate.
Libri di non-fiction
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Rooftop Astronomer
1990
2
The Workers' Detective
1992
3
I Speak for the Women
1992
4
Peace and Bread
1993
5
Ordinary Genius
1995
6
TV's Forgotten Hero
1996
7
Martha Washington
1998
8
Sisters Against Slavery
1999
9
Lau V. Nichols
2000
10
Jonas Salk
2001
11
Liberty or Death
2002
12
Witness to a Revolution
2003
13
My Dear Husband
2003
14
Wilbur & Orville Wright
2003
15
Theodore Roosevelt
2004
16
Great Moments in American History
2005
17
The Bakke Case And The Affirmative Action Debate
2005
18
Sir Walter Raleigh
2005
19
Stephen Hawking
2006
20
Tinker V. Des Moines and Students' Right to Free Speech
2006
21
Coretta Scott King
2007
22
Jackie Robinson
2009
23
Iceberg, Right Ahead!
2011
24
Sonia Sotomayor: Supreme Court Justice
2015
25
Are You Stressed Out in School?
2015
26
Political Parties
2015
27
Doping in Sports
2016
28
Artificial Intelligence
2017
29
Suspicious artificial intelligence
2018
30
The Global Refugee Crisis
2019
31
Hothouse Earth
2021
32
Breakthrough
2023
33
Wildfire (With: Ferin Davis Anderson)
2024
34
Future Forward
2025
USA TODAY Lifeline Biographies Books
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Tiger Woods: Golf's Master (By: Jeremy Roberts)
2008
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Tim Berners-Lee: Inventor of the World Wide Web
2009
3
Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Founders of Google
2010
History Maker Bios Books
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Robert E. Lee (By: Candice Ransom, Tim Parlin)
1990
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (By: Elaine Marie Alphin, Arthur B. Alphin)
1990
3
Paul Revere (By: Jane Sutcliffe)
2001
4
Clara Barton (By: Candice Ransom)
2002
5
Amelia Earheart by Jane Sutcliffe Paperback (By: Jane Sutcliffe)
2002
6
Lewis and Clark (By: Candice Ransom, Tim Parlin)
2002
7
Abraham Lincoln (By: Jane A. Schott)
2002
8
George Washington (By: Candice Ransom)
2002
9
Chief Joseph (By: Jane Sutcliffe)
2003
10
Davy Crockett (By: Elaine Marie Alphin)
2003
11
The Wright Brothers (By: Ginger Wadsworth)
2003
12
Geronimo (By: Catherine A. Welch)
2003
13
Milton Hershey (By: Jane Sutcliffe)
2003
14
Douglas MacArthur
2004
15
John Hancock (By: Candice Ransom)
2004
16
Theodore Roosevelt (By: Gwenyth Swain)
2004
17
George S. Patton Jr. (By: Jane Sutcliffe)
2005
18
Daniel Boone (By: Candice Ransom)
2005
19
Annie Oakley (By: Ginger Wadsworth)
2005
20
Levi Strauss
2006
21
Susan B. Anthony
2006
22
John Adams (By: Jane Sutcliffe)
2006
23
John Deere (By: Jane Sutcliffe)
2006
24
Alexander Graham Bell
2007
25
Nat Love (By: Deborah Underwood)
2007
26
Benjamin Banneker (By: Catherine A. Welch)
2007
27
George H.W. Bush (By: Catherine A. Welch)
2007
28
Bill Clinton
2007
29
Ronald Reagan (By: Jane Sutcliffe)
2007
30
Albert Einstein
2008
31
The First Men on the Moon
2009
32
Sacagawea (By: Jane Sutcliffe)
2009
Issues in Focus Today Books
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Genocide (By: Linda Jacobs Altman)
1995
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Neo-Nazis (By: Kathlyn Gay)
1997
3
Bullying (By: Kathleen Winkler)
2005
4
Resolving Conflicts (By: Karen Judson)
2005
5
Other People's Words (By: Barbara Francis)
2005
6
Am I Fat? (By: Kathlyn Gay)
2006
7
High-Tech Babies (By: Kathleen Winkler)
2006
8
Downloading Copyrighted Stuff From The Internet (By: Sherri Mabry Gordon)
2006
9
Peanut Butter, Milk, and Other Deadly Threats (By: Sherri Mabry Gordon)
2006
10
Superfood or Superthreat (By: Kathlyn Gay)
2007
11
Fighting the AIDS and HIV Epidemic (By: Maurene J. Hinds)
2007
12
Weapons of Mass Destruction (By: Tracy A. Phillips)
2007
13
A Pro/Con Look at Homeland Security (By: Kathiann M. Kowalski)
2008
14
Islam (By: Julie Williams)
2008
15
Religion and Free Speech Today (By: Joan Vos MacDonald)
2008
16
The Abortion Debate (By: Johannah Haney)
2008
17
Welcome to America? (By: Tom Streissguth)
2008
18
China in the 21st Century (By: Tom Streissguth)
2008
19
More Than the Blues? (By: Eileen Lucas)
2009
20
Sexuality and Teens (By: Stephen Feinstein)
2009
21
The Scoop on What to Eat (By: Kathlyn Gay)
2009
22
Beyond Bruises (By: Sherri Mabry Gordon)
2009
23
Losing Someone You Love (By: Tracy Phillips)
2009
24
The Evolution Debate (By: Sherri Mabry Gordon)
2009
25
The Truth About Cancer (By: Kristi Lew)
2009
26
Stressed Out in School?
2009
27
Remembering September 11, 2001 (By: Mara Miller)
2010
28
The Iraq War (By: Mara Miller)
2010
29
Build Your Online Community (By: Jan Burns)
2011
Scientific Rivalries and Scandals Books
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Battle of the Dinosaur Bones (By: Rebecca L. Johnson)
2012
2
War of the Currents
2012
3
The Race to Discover the AIDS Virus (By: Stuart A. Kallen)