Christina Soontornvat

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Christina Soontornvat, born in 1980, is an American author, educator and mechanical engineer. She attended Weatherford High School in Weatherford, Texas, graduating in 1998. She earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Trinity University in 2002 and a Master of Science in science education from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007. Before her writing career she worked at a science museum. Since 2016 she has written fiction for children and young adults. In 2020 she published A Wish in the Dark and the nonfiction book All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team. In 2021 she co-organized the Everywhere Book Fest with Ellen Oh and Melanie Conklin after pandemic-related festival cancellations. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and their two children.

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• The Last Mapmaker (2022) · The Last Mapmaker Core Canon

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• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 1 book
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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