Stephanie Feldstein is the author of The Animal Lover's Guide to Changing the World and more than a dozen books for children on wildlife and the environment. She is the Population and Sustainability Director at the Center for Biological Diversity, where she heads a national program that addresses the connection between human population pressure, overconsumption, and the wildlife extinction crisis by advocating for common sense solutions including universal access to reproductive healthcare, gender equity, and just, sustainable food systems. She created the innovative Take Extinction Off Your Plate campaign, and her work has been featured in Scientific American, NPR, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and more.

Stephanie has a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in creative writing, where she won a Hopwood Award and the Jeffrey L. Weisberg Memorial Prize for poetry. She has more than 20 years of experience in animal rescue and advocacy. When she's not advocating for animals or the future of our planet, she can usually be found exploring nature or working on her next book in the company of assorted rescued dogs and cats.