E.S. Ivy

In graduate school E.S. Ivy studied plants, because they aren't squishy and they don't squeal when you poke them. Her PhD didn't teach her how to keep houseplants alive, but she did learn how to grow a certain type of fern very well - even upside down and sideways! She sent some of them up on the space shuttle Columbia and got to travel to see the nighttime launch at Kennedy Space Center. Ivy now lives in the hills of Central Texas with her husband and three kids. And - because there's a rule that all pets have to be a type of critter that mom is willing to catch - a soft, furry dog.

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Twitter: @ESIvy
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