Laura Martin on the Research Process for Her Edge of Extinction Book Series

When former English teacher and middle-grade author Laura Martin started writing her story about dinosaurs, she didn't want to get sidetracked by research. She knew there was a vast amount of information available on the topic that could easily distract her from completing the story. Martin grabbed the first educational dinosaur book she found and used it to add placeholder dinosaurs in her manuscript. Once the book deal for her critically acclaimed series Edge of Extinction was solidified with...