Amy Cherrix

Amy Cherrix grew up in quirky Asheville, NC, not far from a formerly top secret NASA tracking station--a fact that fueled her early fascination with hidden history. For six years she had the best job in the world as the children's book buyer at the fiercely independent Malaprop’s Bookstore & Cafe in Asheville, NC.

Amy's books have earned starred reviews, been chosen as Indie Next selections, won Junior Library Guild awards, and named to best-books-of-the-year lists by The Horn Book, The New York Public Library, Kirkus Reviews, and Bank Street College. She is the author of the acclaimed young adult and middle grade non-fiction books: Virus Hunters: How Science Protects People When Outbreaks and Pandemics Strike, a finalist for the SCBWI Golden Kite Award; and In the Shadow of the Moon: America, Russia, and the Hidden History of the Space Race. Amy is also the author of two non-fiction picture books: Animal Superpowers and Animal Architects, as well as the picture book, Good Night, Little Bookstore. Amy lives in North Carolina.