Steve Sheinkin

Steve Sheinkin is an award-winning American author known for fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories for young readers, primarily focused on American and World War II–era history. A former history textbook writer, he turned to writing narrative nonfiction and historical stories that “kids and teens actually want to read,” and has since become widely acclaimed in the field. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and now lives with his family in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Sheinkin’s nonfiction books include Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon, Fallout, Undefeated, Born to Fly, The Port Chicago 50, Most Dangerous, The Notorious Benedict Arnold, Lincoln’s Grave Robbers, and Impossible Escape, among others. His work has received a Newbery Honor, three Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards, a Sibert Medal and Sibert Honor, three National Book Award finalist distinctions, and the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in young adult literature. He is also the coauthor, with Ruta Sepetys, of The Bletchley Riddle, a middle-grade historical mystery set around codebreaking at Bletchley Park.