children 8-13, teachers, parents
Leanne Boucher Gill, PhD, is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL. She is fascinated with all things brain related and often ropes her students into library, museum, and classroom programs to teach kids about the brain. She maintains an active research program at NSU studying how exercise affects the way we think and has published over 25 scientific papers. She is the author of two children's books about the brain, released in 2021-Big Brain Book: How It Works and All Its Quirks, which won a 2022 Kids' Choice Book Award, and Lobe Your Brain: What Matters About Your Grey Matter. She lives in South Florida. Gareth Williams studied Illustration at Swansea Metropolitan and went on to work with leading stationery and greeting cards companies. He has since expanded to science-based children's books. He lives in London, UK.