Laura Erickson has been a scientist, teacher, writer, wildlife rehabilitator, blogger, public speaker, photographer, and Science Editor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. She’s written 8 books about birds, including the Cornell Lab Publishing Group's children's picture book Am I Like You?, The Bird Watching Answer Book and the National Geographic Pocket Guide to Birds of North America. Laura is a National Outdoor Book Award winner, an editor of Bird Scope magazine and a columnist and contributing editor for Birdwatching Magazine. In 2014, she was awarded the prestigious Roger Tory Peterson Award for lifetime achievement in promoting the cause of birding by the American Birding Association. Laura also writes and produces a daily radio segment about birds. Laura lives in Duluth, Minnesota.
Brian Scott Sockin has authored 8 books, including the Cornell Lab Publishing Group's children's picture book Am I Like You? and the children's folklore honor-winning book, C.A.R.E. Treasury of Children's Folklore. Brian has a B.A. in Psychology from Binghamton University and M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business. He is CEO of the Cornell Lab Publishing Group, which has afforded him a rare opportunity to pair his passion for nature and writing with his business career. Brian has worked intimately with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for many years on numerous education and publishing initiatives, including the wildbirdclub.com family website. Brian is a native of upstate NY and now lives in Cary, North Carolina with his family.
Pedro Fernandes is a freelance wildlife illustrator. Born in Lisbon, Pedro earned a degree in Earth Sciences, and later studied Science Illustration at the University of California, Santa Cruz and at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. As a child, Pedro wanted to be a condor when he grew up. Having failed at that, he settled for becoming a wildlife illustrator. He loves watching birds, drawing birds, and going places to see birds—his pretext to explore the natural world and an endless source of amazement and discovery. Pedro lives in Morocco.
Hugh Powell is the senior science editor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, where he writes and edits for Living Bird magazine and the Lab's All About Birds website and species guide. He has written about ecology, evolution, conservation, and ocean science in Hawaii, Peru, Iceland, Australia, and Antarctica for outlets including Smithsonian, Slate, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. For many years he was a field researcher in Georgia, Idaho, Montana, and Panama. Hugh lives in Ithaca, New York.
