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Sarah Stewart Johnson

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About the Author

Sarah Stewart Johnson is an associate professor of planetary science at Georgetown University. A former Rhodes Scholar and White House Fellow, she received her PhD from MIT and has worked on NASA’s Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity rovers. She is also a visiting scientist with the Planetary Environments Lab at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. She won a Whiting Award in Nonfiction for her first book, The Sirens of Mars.