Daniel Clery has a long pedigree in science journalism, having worked as a news writer and editor for magazines such as Physics World, New Scientist and Science since 1986. Clery's childhood was split between Toronto, Canada, and rural Essex in the U.K. He went on to study theoretical physics at the University of York and is now astronomy correspondent for Science magazine. Clery's first book, A Piece of the Sun, was published in June 2013.