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Something About The Author: 2002 | 1992
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Alvin
Silverstein grew up in Brooklyn, the youngest son of an immigrant
family who emphasized hard work and education. After graduating
from Brooklyn College, he went to graduate school at the University
of Pennsylvania, where he got a Master's degree in chemistry and
met his wife, author Virginia Silverstein. He got his Ph.D. at NYU
while teaching at the College of Staten Island. He ultimately became
a Professor of Biology there and also Director of the Physician
Assistant program, while coauthoring books with his wife and, later,
two of their children as well. (from 
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Something
About The Author: 2002 | 1992 | 1976 |
Virginia
Silverstein was an only child and grew up in Philadelphia. She majored
in chemistry and studied languages in her spare time. She met her
husband, author Alvin Silverstein, in the chemistry lab at Penn
when she was a senior and he was a graduate student. That led to
marriage, six children, nine grandchildren, and more than 200 published
books, mainly on science and health topics for children and adults.
(Two of their children, Bob and Laura, have coauthored a number
of books with them.) Virginia has also worked as a chemist (briefly)
and as a translator of Russian science articles and books. She and
her husband live in rural New Jersey, in a big old house that has
hosted a variety of pets but now includes just one cat (who speaks
two words of English but understands a lot more). (from 
 Laura Silverstein Nunn is a graduate of Kean College in New Jersey.
She has been writing with her parents since the early 1990s. She is
the coauthor of more than one hundred books on diseases and health,
science concepts, endangered species, and pets. She lives with her
husband Matt and teenage son Cory in a rural New Jersey town not far
from her childhood home. (from https://www.lernerbooks.com/contacts/1738/Laura-Silverstein-Nunn ) |
 Robert
Alan Silverstein is a utopian author, artist, song writer, filmmaker,
webmaster and social change activist. Since he created The People
For Peace Project in 1995, hundreds of thousands of activists and
students have been inspired by his educational resources that integrate
his illustrations of more than 1000 Better World Heroes for a more
peaceful, just and sustainable world. He is also the co-founder of
The EMILY Fund, which was created in 2009 after the murder of his
daughter, Emily, to continue her legacy of youth service and activism
and to raise awareness about dating violence. The published author
of more than 40 books, coauthored with Alvin and Virginia Silverstein,
Robert has served as an NGO Representative to the United Nations,
the Managing Director of a small philanthropic grant-making foundation,
and the coordinator of several global campaigns for a better world.
(www.Amazon/author/robertalansilverstein
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