Trudi Trueit

The first author to pen fiction for National Geographic, Trudi Trueit writes the award-winning EXPLORER ACADEMY series for middle grade readers. A Sasquatch nominee and Washington State Book Award finalist, EXPLORER ACADEMY has been translated into more than twenty languages and now includes a NEW spinoff series, VELA. A former television news reporter, Trudi has written more than 100 fiction and nonfiction children's titles. She was born and raised in Seattle and now lives in Everett, WA with her husband and their three spoiled cats.