Elizabeth Rusch is the author of You Call This Democracy? , a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, and more than a dozen acclaimed children’ s books, including picture books, middle grade, fiction, nonfiction, and a graphic novel. In a starred review Kirkus called her book The 21: The True Story of the Youth Who Sued the U. S. Government Over Climate Change a “ nail-biting account of a still-unresolved landmark case. ” She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her family.