ANDERSON, Margaret Jean

ANDERSON, Margaret Jean. American (born Scotland), b. 1931. Genres: Young adult fiction, Young adult non-fiction. Career: Statistician, East Malling Research Station, Kent, England, 1953-1955; entomologist, Canada Department of Agriculture, Summerland, BC, 1955-1956; statistician, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1956-1957; writer, 1957-. Publications: FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS. FICTION: To Nowhere and Back, 1975; In the Keep of Time, 1977; Searching for Shona, 1978; In the Circle of Time, 1979; The Journey of the Shadow Bairns, 1980; The Brain on Quartz Mountain, 1982; Light in the Mountain, 1982; The Mists of Time, 1984; The Druid's Gift, 1989; The Ghost Inside the Monitor, 1990. NON-FICTION: Exploring the Insect World, 1974; Exploring City Trees, and the Need for Urban Forests, 1976; Food Chains: The Unending Cycle, 1991; Charles Darwin, Naturalist, 1994; (with N. Field and K. Stephenson) Ancient Forests: Discovering Nature, 1995; Bizarre Insects, 1996; Isaac Newton: The Greatest Scientist of All Time, 1996; Carl Linnaeus, Prince of Botany/Father of Classification, 1997; Children of Summer: Henri Fabre's Insects, 1997; (with N. Field and K. Stephenson) Leapfrogging through Wetlands, 1998; (with K. Stephenson) Scientists of the Ancient World, 1999; (with R.G. Vivian) Chaco Canyon, 2002. Address: 3325 NW 60th Street, Corvallis, OR 97330, U.S.A. Online address: mja@peak.org