Author and photojournalist Tom Clynes travels the world covering the adventurous side of science, the environment, education, and extraordinary personalities for magazines such as National Geographic and Popular Science, where he is a contributing editor. His work has also appeared in Men's Journal, Nature, The New York Times, Newsweek, The Sunday Times Magazine (London), and many other publications. He is the author of the books "The Boy Who Played With Fusion" and "Wild Planet!" His magazine stories often appear in Houghton-Mifflin’s “Best American...” series of magazine-writing anthologies.