April Pulley Sayre is an award-winning author of over 55 natural history books for children and adults. Her read-aloud books, known for their lyricism and scientific precision, have been translated into French, Dutch, Japanese, and Korean. She is best known for pioneering literary ways to immerse young readers in natural events via creative storytelling and unusual perspectives.

In January 2008 her book, VULTURE VIEW, was given a Theodore Geisel Honor Award by the American Library Association. VULTURE VIEW was also named a finalist for the AAAS/SB&F/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books. STARS BENEATH YOUR BED: the Surprising Story of Dust, received the AAAS/SB&F/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books and was named an ALA Notable. ONE IS SNAIL, TEN IS A CRAB was an ALA Notable, a BCCB Blue Ribbon Book, and received Britain's highest literacy award. DIG, WAIT, LISTEN: A DESERT TOAD'S TALE received a Riverbank Review Children's Book of Distinction, ALA Best of Editors Choice, and starred reviews. THE BUMBLEBEE QUEEN marked her third win of the John Burroughs Award.

Sayre has followed lemurs in Madagascar, pursued army ants in Panama, and eaten piranha in the Peruvian Amazon. She and her husband, native plants expert Jeff Sayre, love science and love adventure.

Sayre is an expert speaker in the fields of writing, new media, science education, children's literature, rain forests, and wildlife gardening. Each year she speaks to over 15,000 students nationwide, introducing them to the writing process, the joy of words, and wacky things scientists do to find, follow, and study animals. Sayre writes in-depth about scientists in books such as SECRETS OF SOUND: STUDYING THE CALLS OF WHALES, ELEPHANTS, AND BIRDS, a starred review/ALA Editor's choice book which was also honored as one of the all-time best children's books about the scientific process.

Sayre holds a B.A. in biology from Duke University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Vermont College. Originally from South Carolina, Sayre and her husband ecologist Jeff Sayre live in South Bend, Indiana.