Nathalia Holt
Historian and non-fiction author
Nathalia Holt is an American historian and non-fiction author. She wrote Rise of the Rocket Girls, about the women of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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American Born 1980 in New York, United States
About Nathalia Holt
Nathalia Holt is a New York Times bestselling author whose books include Rise of the Rocket Girls, Cured, The Queens of Animation, Wise Gals and The Beast in the Clouds. For Rise of the Rocket Girls, she spent years speaking with the women of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and compiling their stories. She also wrote Cured: The People who Defeated HIV. Her articles have appeared in outlets including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Slate, Popular Science, PBS and Time. She lives in Pacific Grove, California, with her husband and their two daughters.