Marc Aronson
Marc Henry Aronson is an American writer, editor, publisher, speaker, and historian. He has written history and biography nonfiction books for children and young adults, as well as nonfiction books for adults about teenage readers.
Biography
Marc Henry Aronson was born October 19, 1950, the son of the scenic designers Boris Aronson and Lisa Jalowetz Aronson. He is the grandson of rabbi Solomon Aronson, and of the musical conductor Heinrich Jalowetz.As of June 2012 Aronson wrote a column for School Library Journal called "Consider the Source". As of September 2014 he writes an SLJ blog called "Nonfiction Matters".
In 2001, Aronson won the first Sibert Medal for nonfiction for Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado.
Aronson has a Ph.D. in American History from New York University. In 1997, he married author Marina Budhos. They have two sons and live in Maplewood, New Jersey.
Aronson is on the School of Library and Information Science faculty at Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Books for Middle-Grade Readers
Ain’t Nothing but a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry, National Geographic Children's Books, 2007For Boys Only: The Biggest, Baddest Book Ever, Feiwel & Friends, 2007 The World Made New: Why the Age of Exploration Happened and How It Changed the World National Geographic Children's Books, 2007 If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge, National Geographic Children's Books, 2010 Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2011 The Skull in the Rock: How a Scientist, A Boy, and Google Earth Opened a New Window Into Human Origins National Geographic Children's Books, 2012Books for Young Adults
Art Attack: A Brief Cultural History of the Avant-Garde, Clarion Books, 1998 Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado, Clarion Books, 2000 John Winthrop, Oliver Cromwell, and the Land of Promise, Clarion Books, 2004 The Real Revolution: The Global Story of American Independence, Clarion Books, 2005 Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005 Race: A History Beyond Black and White, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2007 Robert F. Kennedy: Crusader, Viking Juvenile, 2007Bill Gates: Tycoon, Viking Juvenile, 2008Unsettled: The Problem of Loving Israel, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008 Pick-Up-Game: A Full Day of Full Court Candlewick Press, 2011 Master of Deceit: J. Edgar Hoover and America in the Age of Lies, Candlewick Press, 2012- ''Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue''