Tim Bradley is an award-winning, self-taught author/illustrator in the field of children's literature, published in both fiction and nonfiction. Tim has been fascinated by the distant past and the far future from a young age, and filled many sketchpads with drawings of dinosaurs, robots, and spaceships. As a professional artist, Tim has had the opportunity to work with amazingly talented artists like Syd Mead (Blade Runner, Tron, 2010, Aliens), and companies like Hasbro (Tim worked on Transformers, Star Wars, and Jurassic Park toys).Lately, Tim has been writing and illustrating fiction and non-fiction books for children, with compelling text, and the dynamic, colorful renderings he has become known for. Tim's books have earned awards and accolades from reviewers (The Horn Book, School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist), and he has been invited to hold author signing events at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, The Field Museum, and the National Aquarium.Tim's most recent projects are middle-grade, illustrated "hard" science fiction novels, in the style of Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov, whose books inspired Tim's imagination as a child. His first novel, INFESTATION, debuted in April, 2013 from Scholastic.The SCI HI series (published by Argosy Press) details the adventures of young Sidney Jamison, a student at a high school for kids that are engaged in the sciences.Book 1, HIVE MIND, follows Sidney as he is reduced in size to enter a living beehive to study Colony Collapse Disorder, and fights attacking giant Asian hornets.Book 2, RIPPLE EFFECT (available now) plunges under the sea as Sid is on hand for the startup of an experimental fusion reactor that attracts an out-of-this-universe predator!Book 3, TIME JUMP (coming November, 2014), follows Sid, Penny, and Hari as they are thrown back in time hundreds of millions of years by the dangerous Alchemists group. Can they avoid deadly prehistoric creatures and time jump their way back to the present? You can check out some of Tim's work at his website: http://www.timothyjbradley.com