Kate Messner - Click to see all titles by this author.

Kate Messner is passionately curious and writes books that encourage kids to wonder, too.

Her titles include award-winning picture books, like Over and Under the Snow; novels, like Breakout and Chirp; the Fergus and Zeke easy reader series; the Ranger in Time chapter books; and works of nonfiction with a focus on nature and history, like the wildly popular History Smashers series.

Before becoming a full-time writer, Kate was a TV journalist and a middle school English teacher. She lives on Lake Champlain with her family and is trying to summit all forty-six Adirondack High Peaks between book deadlines.

Visit katemessner.com, find Kate on Facebook, or follow her on Twitter at @katemessner for more information.