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Space Rocks: The Story of Planetary Geologist Adriana Ocampo.!
Have you always wanted to be a writer?
More or less.
Bone Detective: The Story of Forensic Anthropologist Diane France.
When I was 10 years old, I started a neighborhood newspaper with the cheesy name Hopping Readums. I typed it on an old manual typewriter with carbon paper (ask your parents or grandparents) and sold it for a dime. If I sold out, my Dad made copies on his Xerox machine at work, even though it was probably against the rules.
(Photocopiers were new and expensive back then.)
I also wrote short stories and a little poetry in high school and took all the English literature and French language classes I could. A couple of my poems even made it into a journal called Hanging Loose, a very 1970s title.
On the other hand, I loved math (it's true!) and thought about a career in engineering.
It wasn't such a stretch. I grew up near the Motor City, Detroit, and was surrounded by technical types—including several cousins and very good friends. Engineering was cool where I grew up!
Halfway through college, though, I realized I had t