Jodie Parachini is an American/British author of over 20 books, including The Grand Bug Hotel, HeroRat!, Listening to the Stars, and This Is a Serious Book. She currently works at the Natural History Museum, London, and has previously worked as a writer and editor at museums around the world, including the Natural History Museum in London and the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., and has studied plant science with the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
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