Nathalia Holt, Ph.D. is the New York Times bestselling author of The Beast in the Clouds, Wise Gals, Rise of the Rocket Girls, The Queens of Animation, and Cured. She has written for numerous publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Slate, Popular Science, PBS, and Time. She is a former fellow at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard University. She lives with her husband and their two daughters in Pacific Grove, CA.