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Short Bio

Heather C. Morris writes books full of science, wonder, and imagination for kids of all ages. She is the author of six books and stories for kids, including her debut picture book Trunk Goes Thunk! (Gnome Road Publishing) and a ghost story in the Haunted States of America Anthology (Godwin Books/Macmillan). She is a member of SCBWI and the 12×12 picture book challenge community, and her short stories and poetry have appeared in multiple arts journals and anthologies. You can learn more at heathercmorris.com.

Heather is represented by Kristen Terrette at Martin Literary Management.

Longer (More Interesting :)) Bio

I was born in Texas, but raised in Alabama, where I grew up water skiing, running up and down wooded hills on my grandparents’ farm, and riding horses. I have always loved animals and mountains and books, not always in that order.

I began writing my own stories before I could spell. My grandfather had a typewriter in his office where I painstakingly typed stories for hours, giving them titles like Magic Mountain and Poncho’s Adventures. My amazing mom nurtured my writing, signing me up for a workshop where each kid wrote and illustrated their own “book” and even bound it! I still have The Brown Gingham Dress on my bookshelf today.

But when I went to college, I decided to focus on my second love – science! I studied biology and even worked in a real laboratory for years before moving back to Alabama to work for NASA. I have isolated proteins, studied bacteria, and talked to astronauts on the International Space Station. Science is awesome!

But I never stopped writing. I wrote science papers. I wrote stories for my kids, for the students that I worked with, for my friends. And through all that writing, I realized something stupendous – WRITING FOR KIDS IS THE BEST! Now, I write fiction and non-fiction, picture books, short stories, and novels. But everything I write is for the most amazing audience – kids – and all of it has a smattering of science.

Today, I still live in Alabama with my husband and our three wonderful children. We’re surrounded by animals (dogs and cats, even hamsters and horses sometimes!), the foothills of the Appalachian mountains, and, of course, shelf after stuffed shelf full of beloved books.