Lydia Lukidis is the author of 50+ trade and educational books for children. Her titles include Deep, Deep Down: The Secret Underwater Poetry of the Mariana Trench (Capstone, 2023), The Broken Bee’s Nest (Kane Press, 2019) which was nominated for a CYBILS Award, and No Bears Allowed (Clear Fork Media, 2019). A science enthusiast from a young age, she now incorporates her studies in science and her everlasting curiosity into her books. An avid lover of STEAM, she’s also keen on exploring the intersection of art and science. Another passion of hers is fostering a love for literacy with children through the writing workshops she regularly offers in elementary schools across Quebec with the Culture in the Schools program.
Open to work for hire and IP work in board books, picture books, chapter books, and middle grade. Special interest in STEAM, animals, biographies (especially pioneering women), discoveries and inventions, environmental issues and sustainability, social justice, mythology/history/art, stories that foster empathy, perseverance, and mindfulness.
