Lydia Lukidis is the author of more than thirty-five trade and educational books for children, as well as thirty e-books. Her latest STEM title, The Broken Bees' Nest (Boyds Mills & Kane, 2019), was nominated for a CYBILS Award. Lydia is passionate about fostering a love for literacy with children. In addition to offering writing workshops and author visits in elementary schools, she is very involved in the kidlit community and volunteers as a judge on Rate your Story.