Friday, May 20, 2011

Writers and Dinosaurs: Caroline Arnold

Caroline with mosasaur, Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County

Caroline Arnold is the author of more than 100 books for young readers.  She grew up in Minneapolis, MN, and has degrees in art from Grinnell College and the University of Iowa.  She now lives in Los Angeles, CA.

Her most recent books featuring Mesozoic critters are GLOBAL WARMING AND THE DINOSAURS (Clarion 2009) and GIANT SEA REPTILES OF THE DINOSAUR AGE (Clarion 2007).

Caroline with Pteranodon, Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County
And, no, mosasaurs and pterosaurs are not dinosaurs :-).  The former are (probably) varanids related to Komodo dragons and the latter are flying archosaurs.

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