Vicki Wittenstein

Before becoming an author, VICKI ORANKSY WITTENSTEIN prosecuted criminal cases as an assistant district attorney with the Manhattan District Attorney's office. She earned an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Vicki has written a number of science articles and books for the juvenile market, including PLANET HUNTER: GEOFF MARCY AND THE SEARCH FOR OTHER EARTHS, which won the 2011 Science Communication Award from the American Institute of Physics. Her book FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND? THE SHAMEFUL HISTORY OF HUMAN MEDICAL EXPERIMENTATION was a Junior Library Guild selection. In a starred review, BOOKLIST says Vicki's latest book, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: WHO DECIDES? "packs a wallop." The book is also a Junior Library Guild selection. Vicki and her husband live in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her website at vickiwittenstein.com.