About

Connie Goldsmith is working on her 25th book for Lerner Publications, most of them with the nonfiction teen imprint, Twenty-First Century Books. A former registered nurse, many of her books are on health and science topics, while newer ones are about recent history. She received a Crystal Kite award and Junior Library Guild for her "Bombs Over Bikini."

Featured Work

Women in the Military: from Drill Sergeants to Fighter Pilots

2019

American women have served in the military since the Revolutionary War, but they did so secretly, inadvertently, or sometimes disguised as men. As of January 1, 2016, the US Department of Defense changed its longstanding policy that excluded women from combat. All military positions are now open to women who qualify.

Military women are standing up and proving they can overcome challenges and do the job. Meet Loretta Walsh, the first woman to enlist in the US military in a job other than nursing. Learn more about the thirty-five- woman team who launched a Super Hornet fighter jet from the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Meet Second Lieutenant Mariah Klenke, who became the first female marine to graduate from the Assault Amphibian Vehicle (AAV) officer course--and the first to lead an AAV platoon. These and other women in the military are leading the way!

Other Works

  • Animals Go to War: From Dogs to Dolphins

    2018

  • Pandemic: How Climate, the Environment, and Superbugs Increase the risk.

    2018

  • Addiction and Overdose: Confronting an American Crisis

    2018

  • Dogs at War: Military Canine Heroes

    2017

  • Understanding Suide: a National Epidemic

    2017

  • The Ebola Epidemic: the Fight, the Future

    2016

  • Dietary Supplements: Harmless, Helpful, or Hurtful?

    2016

  • Bombs Over Bikini: the World’s First Nuclear Disaster

    2014

  • Traumatic Brain Injury: from Concussion to Coma

    2014

  • Leukemia,” for the Lerner/USA Today ‘Health Reports Series: Diseases and Disorders

    2011

  • Skin Cancer,” for the Lerner/USA Today ‘Health Reports Series: Diseases and Disorders

    2010

  • Influenza,” for the Lerner/USA Today ‘Health Reports Series: Diseases and Disorders

    2010

  • Hepatitis,” for the Lerner/USA Today ‘Health Reports Series: Diseases and Disorders

    2010

  • Battling Malaria: on the Front Lines Against a Global Killer

    2010

Awards and Recognition

  • Crystal Kite for California/Hawaii: Bombs Over Bikini Junior Library Guild: Bombs Over Bikini and the Ebola Epidemic