Christine Taylor-Butler

Christine Taylor-Butler has authored more than 95 books for children, including her speculative series The Lost Tribes (Charlesbridge Publishing). A graduate of MIT, she is known for writing compelling nonfiction for young readers across all age ranges, including three titles in Chelsea Clinton’s Save The …(Animals) series (Philomel/Penguin Random House). A fierce advocate for literacy, Christine has spoken on panels at the American Library Association, the National Council of Teachers of English, the International Literacy Association, as well as the World Science Fiction Convention, and the Nebula Awards. Christine has served as a judge for the Society of Midland Authors children’s nonfiction award, the Walter Dean Myers children’s literature award, and a PEN America’s Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship, is a member of the Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society, and serves as a Director At Large of the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA). In 2023, Christine was named an MLK Visiting Scholar at MIT, an appointment renewed for a second year.