Kathryn Hulick

Kathryn Hulick is a freelance journalist and author of numerous books for young people or anyone who is curious. Her new book The UFO Files (Quarto, 2025) combines a sci-fi story about the arrival of an alien spacecraft with scientific explanations of the marvels found on board. Her previous two books, Welcome To The Future (Quarto, 2021) and Strange But True (Quarto, 2019) are both nonfiction for young readers. She also writes news and features for Science News, Science News Explores, and Front Vision, a Chinese-language science magazine.

Hulick’s favorite part of writing about science is getting to speak with researchers in many different fields. She's met roboticists, fusion energy experts, rocket scientists, astronomers and more. Once, she called a biologist who was out in the field in Africa, watching a herd of elephants. She enjoys hiking with her family and dog, painting, reading, and growing unusual orchids.

Her Substack is called Wow! Tech & Nature.