13-year-old Bailey Harris is an author, speaker, and advocate for freethought and human rights. She is the author of the Stardust series of science books for young readers.
Bailey is on a mission to inspire a love of science and a sense of wonder about the universe, promote freethought, and work towards acceptance of scientific fact in society and government. She was eight years old when she was inspired to write her first book, a beautifully illustrated children's book that presented sound science in a manner accessible to young readers and pre-readers.
My Name Is Stardust was launched through a highly successful 2016 Kickstarter campaign, released in 2017, and has sold thousands of copies worldwide. Follow-ups Stardust Explores the Solar Sy13-year-old Bailey Harris is an author, speaker, and advocate for freethought and human rights. She is the author of the Stardust series of science books for young readers.
Bailey is on a mission to inspire a love of science and a sense of wonder about the universe, promote freethought, and work towards acceptance of scientific fact in society and government. She was eight years old when she was inspired to write her first book, a beautifully illustrated children's book that presented sound science in a manner accessible to young readers and pre-readers.
My Name Is Stardust was launched through a highly successful 2016 Kickstarter campaign, released in 2017, and has sold thousands of copies worldwide. Follow-ups Stardust Explores the Solar System (2018) and Stardust Explores Earth's Wonders (2019) have continued in that tradition, presenting concepts of astronomy, geology, biology and principles such as the Big Bang and evolution.
The success of the Stardust series of books has enabled Bailey to carry her message in person to people all across the United States. While at BookCon in New York in 2017 promoting her first book, she appeared on iHeartRadio's "The Public Library Podcast," where she spoke to host Helen Little about the importance of books and learning in her life.
More recently, she was a featured speaker at the Freedom From Religion Foundation's 2018 conference in San Francisco. As the youngest featured presenter in the history of the event, she delivered a talk about the difficulties she faced growing up and going to school in an area where the predominant religion was so dominant that the lines between church and state often blurred.
When she isn't writing or sharing her books with the world, Bailey is a 7th grader at the Open Classroom in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she started the first middle school chapter of the Secular Student Alliance. She plays soccer for club team Impact United and is a huge fan of Real Salt Lake....more