Jacqueline Mitton
Jacqueline Mitton has published over thirty books on astronomy and is a past editor of the Journal of the British Astronomical Association. In 1990 the International Astronomical Union named Asteroid 4027 “Mitton” in recognition of her and Simon Mitton.
Her books Marshall Children's Guide to Astronomy was short-listed for Rhone-Poulenc Junior Book prize and Kingdom of the Sun won the1999 English Association Illustrated Children's Book Award, 2001.
Source: Princeton University Press