Biography
Nicola Jones is an award-winning science journalist with a background in chemistry and oceanography who lives in the wilds of Pemberton, British Columbia. She writes about all science from anthropology to quantum physics, with environmental issues at the heart of it all. While she normally writes features for grown-ups, she has also published for children in the magazine Current Science. In 2019, she gave a TED Talk about noise pollution in the ocean.
Awards
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Saving the Spotted Owl
2024 - American Society of Journalists and Authors Award; Children/Young Adult, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Winner
2024 - Green Earth Book Award, The Nature Generation, Long-listed
2024 - Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award, Hackmatack, Short-listed
2024 - Red Cedar Book Award, Young Readers’ Choice Awards Society of British Columbia., Short-listed
2023 - Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Book Awards, Science Writers and Communicators of Canada (SWCC), Long-listed
Non-fiction
Saving the Spotted Owl, 2023