Jason Chin is the author of the award-winning Redwoods; Coral Reefs, nominated for a Texas Bluebonnet Award; and most recently Island: A Story of the Galapagos, named a 2012 Best Book of the Year by School Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews and a Fanfare title by The Horn Book. Jason lives with his wife, Deirdre Gill, and their son, Liam, in Burlington, Vermont.