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American writer of children's books (born 1931)

Seymour Simon (born August 9, 1931) is an American writer of children's books; he is primarily a science writer.

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Biography

Simon was born in New York City. He graduated from the Bronx High School of Science and the City College of New York. A science teacher for 23 years, he began writing for children in the early 1960s.^[1]

Simon is the world's most prolific writer of science books for younger children (up to fifth grade, age 11 or so),^{[citation needed]} with more than 250 titles listed in Books in Print^[when?] and more than a dozen original e-books.

He also writes fiction and created the series Einstein Anderson, Science Geek.^[2] He is a founder and director of the digital publishing company StarWalk Kids Media.^{[citation needed]}

Simon's books encourage children to engage in activities to discover scientific princ