Michelle Cusolito has been exploring natural places since she was a child growing up on a farm in Massachusetts. She has lived in the Philippines, where she first saw colorful fish in the wild, and in Ireland, where she and her family hiked the Burren, an otherworldly limestone landscape. She has trekked in places such as Machu Picchu in Peru and the Sahara Desert in Morocco. She spent ten years as a fourth grade teacher. Now, when she's not exploring around in the world, she's usually in her office or local coffee shop weaving her experiences into stories for children.

Michelle is the author of Jellyfish Scientist: Maude Delap and Her Mesmerizing Medusas, Diving Deep: Using Machines to Explore the Ocean, and Flying Deep: Climb Inside Deep-Sea Submersible Alvin, which also won the 2016 PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Children's Book Discovery Award. She has worked as a fourth grade teacher, a curriculum specialist, and an adjunct professor. She lives in Southeastern Massachusetts.

Listen to Michelle talk about Flying Deep on Charlesbridge Unplugged. Visit her online. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

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Books by Michelle Cusolito