Pamela S. Turner is the author of several acclaimed nonfiction books, including four in the Scientists in the Field series. A world traveler, she has lived in Japan (about which she wrote Hachiko) and has visited Uganda (about which she wrote Gorilla Doctors), the Philippines (about which she wrote Project Seahorse), South Carolina (about which she wrote The Frog Scientist), and Australia (about which she wrote The Dolphins of Shark Bay). She lives in Oakland, California.