Andy Boyles is science editor at Highlights magazine, a freelance writer, and a former acquiring editor in the Highlights trade-book division, Boyds Mills Press. He has been a science writer and editor for more than thirty years, working for newspapers, magazines, and university publications before he joined Highlights 20 years ago. At Highlights, he works to acquire articles that (1) help kids develop a deep, lasting connection with nature or (2) show that science is an ongoing, self-correcting process or (3) both. He has worked with countless aspiring nonfiction writers through Highlights Foundation workshops and organizes the Foundation’s annual Nature Writing and Science Writing workshops. Andy is a member of the National Association of Science Writers, the National Science Teachers Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He was elected a fellow of AAAS in 2012.