Newhouse School with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. She grew up in Medina, NY and graduated from Syracuse University’s S.I. In 2020, Kate was honored with New York’s Knickerbocker Award for creating a superior body of work supporting curriculum and educational goals.īefore becoming a full-time writer, Kate was a TV news reporter as well as a National Board Certified educator. White Read Aloud Medal, and her science picture books have been finalists for the American Academy for the Advancement of Sciences/Subaru SB&F prize for excellence in science writing. Her novel The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. Her books have been New York Times Notable, Junior Library Guild, IndieBound, and Bank Street College of Education Best Books selections. Kate’s titles are frequently selected for One School, One Book and One School/One Author programs and other community-wide reads. Her titles include award-winning picture books like Over and Under the Rainforest, Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt, The Next President, and How to Read a Story novels that tackle real-world issues like Chirp, Breakout, All the Answers, and The Seventh Wish high-interest nonfiction like Tracking Pythons and the History Smashers series the Fergus and Zeke easy readers and the popular Ranger in Time chapter books about a time-traveling search and rescue dog. Kate Messner is passionately curious and writes books that encourage kids to wonder, too.
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