Riley Black
Author, Science Journalist
Riley Black (she/they) has been heralded as “one of our premier gifted young science writers” and is the award-winning author of Skeleton Keys, My Beloved Brontosaurus, Written in Stone, When Dinosaurs Ruled, and The Last Days of the Dinosaurs. A science correspondent for Smithsonian and regular contributor to publications like National Geographic and Slate, Riley is a widely-recognized expert on paleontology. She is the winner of the 2023 AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books as well as the 2024 Friend of Darwin Award from the National Center for Science Education.
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Riley Black (she/they) has been heralded as “one of our premier gifted young science writers” and is the award-winning author of Skeleton Keys, My Beloved Brontosaurus, Written in Stone, When Dinosaurs Ruled, and The Last Days of the Dinosaurs. A science correspondent for Smithsonian and regular contributor to publications like National Geographic and Slate, Riley is a widely-recognized expert on paleontology. She is the winner of the 2023 AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books as well as the 2024 Friend of Darwin Award from the National Center for Science Education.
