Austin Aslan

Austin Aslan's debut Penguin Random House novel, THE ISLANDS AT THE END OF THE WORLD, was named a Best Book of 2014 by Kirkus Reviews. It was ranked by The Guardian as a top-ten climate fiction read, and is listed by BookRiot as a top 100 must-read book in the category of young adult science fiction. The acclaimed sequel is THE GIRL AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD. He published four novels with HarperCollins, two books each in his ENDANGEREDS series and his TURBORACERS series, all Jr. Library Guild Selections.

Austin earned a master’s degree in tropical conservation biology at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. He has lived in deserts, jungles, and cloud forests. He has traveled to all seven continents, and is fluent in Penguin and several dialects of Cave Bat. When he’s not busy child-raising, you can often find him stargazing. Austin lives with his family in the snowy mountains of northern Arizona, a stone’s throw away from the edge of the Grand Canyon, where he serves on the Flagstaff City Council.