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Burns, Loree Griffin
Personal
Married Gerry Burns; children: three children. Education: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, B.S. (biology); University of Massachusetts, Ph.D. (biochemistry).
Addresses
Home—MA.
[email protected].
Career
Scientist and author.
Awards, Honors
Orbis Pictus Recommended designation, SB & F Prize for Excellence in Science Books finalist, American Library Association Notable Book designation, International Reading Association Children's Book Award designation, and Horn Book Honor Book designation, all 2008, all for Tracking Trash.
Writings
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Motion, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2007.
Sidelights
Drawing on her lifelong love of both science and the men and women who have made it their career, Loree Griffin Burns wrote Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam,and the Science of Motion to introduce young readers to an unusual scientist.
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