News and Notes from the Field

Welcome to this, the final post in my erased women in STEM series, celebrating Science Literacy Week, Women’s History Month, and the release of my new children’s book, THE MATILDA EFFECT: HOW 25 WOMEN WERE ERASED FROM HISTORY. Today: ... Read More  

Welcome back to my erased women in STEM series, celebrating Science Literacy Week and the upcoming release of my children’s book, THE MATILDA EFFECT: HOW 25 WOMEN WERE ERASED FROM HISTORY. Explore the full series here: Rosalind Franklin: DNA ... Read More  

It’s Science Literacy Week AND Women’s History Month (in Canada), which means it’s the perfect time to spotlight amazing women in STEM who never got the credit they deserved. Previous posts in the erased women in STEM series: Rosalind ... Read More  

Welcome back to my series on erased women in STEM, celebrating Science Literacy Week, Women’s History Month (in Canada) and the upcoming release of my new children’s book, THE MATILDA EFFECT: HOW 25 WOMEN WERE ERASED FROM HISTORY. New ... Read More  

Welcome back to my Erased Women in STEM series, celebrating Science Literacy Week and the upcoming release of my new children’s book, THE MATILDA EFFECT: HOW 25 WOMEN WERE ERASED FROM HISTORY. If you’re just catching up, you might ... Read More  

Welcome to part two of my Erased Women in STEM series, in honour of Science Literacy Week! For more details on the lives, achievements, and erasure of any of these women, check out my children’s book THE MATILDA EFFECT: ... Read More  

It’s Science Literacy Week, and what better way to celebrate than by spotlighting women in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine who never got the credit they deserved? I’m kicking off this Erased Women in STEM series with Rosalind ... Read More  

One of my goals for my new children’s book, THE MATILDA EFFECT: HOW 25 WOMEN WERE ERASED FROM HISTORY, was to include as much diversity as possible. I wanted a wide range of: Time periods Geographic locations Social classes ... Read More  

Some of the information in my book, The Matilda Effect: How 25 People Were Erased from History, conflicts with what you’ll find online. I’ve created a list of all the conflicts I’m aware of, describing the reliable sources I ... Read More  

A conversation overheard in a cafe. A strange scene down the street. An intriguing object in a friend’s home. Inspiration to stir the imagination is everywhere. We just have to open our eyes, tune our ears, and feel the ... Read More  

Twenty-five women who were erased from history are getting their due in a new book for young readers. Neglected heroines from the ancient past to the twentieth century are documented in The Matilda Effect: How 25 Women Were Erased From ... Read More  

Need an author for a school visit or student writing workshop? A speaker for a writer's or educator's conference? How about a keynote presentation for your women's group or professional organization? You've come to the right place: I've got ... Read More  

I can’t count the number of times a writing instructor has said in a workshop to ‘find the universal in the particular’, but somehow I always need to hear it. It’s such a good reminder that often we think ... Read More  

Research is how nonfiction writers ensure the accuracy of the info in our books, and it's always a lengthy and challenging process. When I started researching a book about women erased from history, I knew the work was going ... Read More  

Once people know a male scientist’s name, they tend to give him credit for the discoveries of other men. Quite a lot of the time, they also give him credit for discoveries made by a female scientist. Especially if ... Read More  

What if we could solve the world’s housing shortage and climate crisis with teamwork and technology? Read More  

All the water on Earth is ... All the water on Earth! Look around you. Water is everywhere you look, whether you can see it or not! We are surrounded by water, in its liquid form, solid or vapor. Not ... Read More  

When I decided to write a book about women who’d been erased from history, the first question I had to ask became: What is a woman? The answer’s not nearly as clear as many people want to believe. For ... Read More