Author Lucy Hawking makes science accessible and entertaining through her ‘George’ book series, a set of adventure novels based on real science for young readers. Written in collaboration with world-leading scientists, the series is published in over 40 languages, soon to include Zulu and Xhosa.

Lucy created the Principia Space Diary with Curved House Kids for the UK Space agency, a book for primary students about astronaut Tim Peake’s mission to the ISS. Principia Space Diary was shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award for education and outreach. Lucy won the Sappio Prize for Popularizing Science and the UNSW medal for Outstanding Science Communication. She was also awarded an honorary doctorate in science by Queen Mary University London for her work in STEM education. Lucy was a judge on the Royal Society’s Young Science Book of the year and is a regular judge for the Breakthrough Junior Challenge in Palo Alto, USA. With the Guardian Media Group, Lucy made a virtual reality film, The Party, about an autistic teenage girl. The Party was shortlisted in the Social Impact category at the Virtual Reality Awards. Lucy is a trustee of the Autism Research Trust and chairperson of the Stephen Hawking Foundation.