Welcome to my author site

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Hi there — I'm glad you found me.


I escaped from the lab in 2000, leaving behind a career in scientific research to become a science and nature writer for children and teens. In my work, I get to meet dedicated scientists and citizen-scientists — in person and through my research — and write about fascinating topics like brainy pigs and polar bears and plants that bite back.


If you're a student or teacher, you might read my books in your classroom or you can find them here. You can also check out samples of my work right in this site.




What I write about Recent publishers and clients
Animals and animal behavior ABDO Publishing
Plants, gardening, and agriculture The American Chestnut Foundation
Genes and DNA Apex Learning
Ecoloty and the environment Cherry Lake Publishing
Natural history and evolution Enslow Publishers
People and places Glencoe/McGraw–Hill
Odyssey Magazine
Peoples Education
Red Line Editorial
Scholastic
Spider Magazine
Today's Science News Service


"It takes special gifts to write about science in a way that makes it both engaging and comprehensible. Rebecca has these in abundance." —Chris Larson, Managing Editor, Today's Science 

Copyright © 2012 Rebecca Hirsch. All rights reserved.