FACTopia!: Follow the Trail of 400 Facts [Britannica]

About Britannica GroupKate Hale

Kate Hale is a writer editor and professional fun fact finder. A former executive editor for National Geographic Kids' Books shes edited or written about everything from dog communication to wacky roadside attractions biographies of inspiring scientists to profiles of the cutest animals on Earth. Kate also co-created and hosted the award-winning kids radio program The Weird But True Show! on SiriusXM which covers weird but totally true facts about the human body animals space and everything in between. When shes not hunting for new facts Kate enjoys gardening playing video games and planning road trips to national parks. She currently lives in Alexandria Virginia U.S.A. with her husband and rescue dog. Andy Smith is an award-winning illustrator and studied illustration at the University of Brighton and the Royal College of Art London. His work combines illustration and typography to create images that have humour energy and optimism executed with a handmade hand-printed tactile feel. When not working Andy can be found in the studio screen printing books and posters. He lives by the sea in Hastings East Sussex UK. His favourite colour is blue.