Lindsay H. Metcalf is a former journalist who writes nonfiction and poetry about people who strive to make the world better. Her books, including No Voice Too Small and No World Too Big, have won honors such as the International Literacy Association’s Social Justice Literature Award and the Green Earth Book Award, as well as best-of-the-year nods from Kirkus, Bank Street College of Education, and others. Lindsay began her writing career as a reporter, editor, and columnist for The Kansas City Star and other news outlets. She lives near her family’s working farm in Kansas with her husband, two sons, a geriatric cat, and a devoted lapdog.
It was on the farm that Lindsay developed a curiosity about nature. She loved to follow her golden retriever to the creek and hunt for beaver-gnawed tree stumps and deer tracks. To wonder at the ripples from skipping pebbles on the water. She also loved to ride the combine with her dad—and to read.
After high school and college, she flew the coop for a career as a newspaper reporter and editor in the city. She rekindled her love of children’s books when she realized her two rambunctious little boys would sit still for a good story. That gave her a new mission: to tell stories that empower children and encourage them to care for the world and all its creatures.
Forthcoming titles include Tomatoes on Trial: The Fruit V. Vegetable Showdown, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham (Calkins Creek, August 2025); Footeprint: Eunice Newton Foote at the Dawn of Climate Science and Women’s Rights (Charlesbridge, February 2026); and No Brain the Same: Neurodivergent Young Activists Shaping Our Future (Charlesbridge, June 2026).