Kate Hale

Kate is a professional fun fact finder who is constantly on the hunt for the most amazing info on Earth. This search includes exploring everything from the world's longest line of rubber ducks to sea slugs that can photosynthesize to castles carved into caves to the shape of a giant squid's brain and even birds that smell like tangerines. During her career, Kate has amassed (what she feels) is the largest collection of amazing, gross, out-of-this-world, and just plain wacky fun facts ever. Besides sharing these tidbits at parties, she put them into a book series that she authored called FACTopia! from What on Earth and Britannica Books plus an award-winning radio show that she co-created and hosted on SiriusXM called The Weird But True Show!

In addition to being an author, Kate has spent more than fifteen years in publishing as a children's book editor specializing in nonfiction for reluctant middle-grade readers. She is a co-founder of a successful book production business called WonderLab Group, creating books for publishers like Scholastic, Highlights Press, Penguin Random House, DK, and more. Before starting WonderLab, Kate was an executive editor for National Geographic Kids for a decade, where she edited titles on everything from fiction stories starring overzealous hamsters, guides on how to communicate with your dog, and even serious biographies about primate scientists.

Kate lives in Portland, Oregon, where she is inspired by all the beautiful, weird stuff that surrounds her.