Bradley Steffens

Bradley Steffens is a poet, a novelist, and an award-winning author of more than seventy nonfiction books for children and young adults. In December 2021, Kirkus Reviews named his The Dark Side of Social Media one of the Ten Best YA Nonfiction Books of 2021. His First Scientist: Ibn Al-Haytham was excerpted in Discovery Channel Magazine in March 2010. He is a two-time recipient of the San Diego Book Award for Best Young Adult and Children’s Nonfiction: His Giants won the 2005 award, and his J.K. Rowling claimed the 2007 prize. Steffens also received the Theodor S. Geisel Award for best book by a San Diego County author in 2007. He lives in Lakeside, California, with his wife, Eva.

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