Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh is the author of multiple award-winning children’s books, a lyricist for ad campaigns and films, and a writer for National Geographic KIDS and National Geographic Family. Thanks to Nat Geo, Jamie is aware of tardigrades, and suspicious of their planetary origin. She is a member of SCBWI, a graduate of Wellesley College, and she is conversational in French, Hebrew, and Felis catus (meow). Her newest titles include Explorer Academy: Future Tech (National Geographic) and Nerdlet: Tech (National Geographic).