Isabel Thomas is a science writer and children's author. She has written more than 180 books about science and nature for young audiences, which have been translated into more than 20 languages. Isabel is a winner of the AAAS Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books 2020, and has been shortlisted for the Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis 2021, the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the Association of Science Education Book of the Year, the English 4-11 Picture Book Awards and the Blue Peter Book Awards. Her critically-acclaimed picture book Moth: An Evolution Story, illustrated by Daniel Egnéus, was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal and was named a book of the year by the Financial Times and Books for Keeps in the UK. Isabel lives near Cambridge, UK.