Riley Black
Author · 4 books
Riley Black has been heralded as “one of our premier gifted young science writers” and is the critically-acclaimed author of Skeleton Keys, My Beloved Brontosaurus, Written in Stone, and When Dinosaurs Ruled. An online columnist for Scientific American, Riley has become a widely-recognized expert on paleontology and has appeared on programs such as Science Friday, HuffingtonPost Live, and All Things Considered. Riley has also written on nerdy pop culture.
Series
Books
The Shortest History of the Dinosaurs
The 230-Million-Year Story of Their Time on Earth
2025
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs
An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
2022
Deep Time
A journey through 4.5 billion years of our planet
2021
When the Earth Was Green
Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance
2025
