Marta Magellan taught Creative Writing, Composition, and Survey of Children’s Literature at Miami Dade College, where she was a full professor and adviser to the award-winning literary arts magazine, Miambiance.

Born in Rio de Janeiro and now living in Miami, her love for nature, reading, and children segued naturally into writing children’s nonfiction picture books.

Her focus is on nature and wildlife conservation, both for the educational and trade markets; among them Just Wild Enough: Mireya Mayor, Primatologist (She Made History) . Also, Bee Catastrophe, and Python Catchers: Saving the Everglades. 

Two of her books, Amazing, Misunderstood Bats, and Up, Up, and Away: Monarch Butterflies, have been used by Columbia University to teach reading and several have received honors and awards. She often collaborates with her brother, illustrator Mauro Magellan.

More information can be found on her website:

www.martamagellan.com

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Jonathan P. Rose