Rosemary Mosco
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| Born | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Author |
| Alma mater | McGill University, UVM |
| Genre | Popular science |
| Subject | Biology, space, wonder |
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Rosemary Mosco is a cartoonist and writer working in science communication. She is best known for the science-and-nature comic Bird and Moon, and her graphic novels about nature. She has also published a number of books for children, including a best-selling travel guide.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Mosco was raised in Ottawa, Ontario, where she would go hiking with her mom and then draw pictures of the wildlife they saw when they got back home.[2] She holds a bachelor's degree in anthropology from McGill University[3] and is a graduate of the Field Naturalist Program from the University of Vermont.[3] She worked in communication and marketing positions at nonprofits such as Mass Audubon[4] and the National Park Service.[3] She has birds as pets.[5]
Writing
[edit]Mosco's work has been featured in The Guardian and the Huffington Post,[6][7] on the radio program Science Friday,[8] and by the Audubon Society.[9]
Her early webcomics include Wild Toronto[10] and (with Maris Wicks) Wild City Comics.[11] As of 2021, she writes the webcomic Bird and Moon.[12] A collection of her comics titled Birding Is My Favorite Video Game was published in 2018 as a book, and included on the ALA's 2019 list of Great Graphic Novels for Teens.[13] She published the graphic novels Solar Systems: Our Place In Space, and Expedition Backyard, aimed at middle school students.
In 2018, she co-authored The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid, an illustrated guide to curious places cataloged in Atlas Obscura. This became a New York Times bestseller.[14]
Mosco has published several nonfiction picture books since 2021, including Butterflies are Pretty…Gross! in 2021,[15] Flowers are Pretty...Weird! in 2022,[16] and There are No Ants in This Book in 2024.
In 2021, she published the illustrated nonfiction book A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching,[17] and in 2022, she published Why City Pigeons Are Worth Watching in the New York Times.[18]
Features
[edit]In 2020, the PBS series NATURE featured Mosco in the video The Seriously Silly Science Cartoons Of Rosemary Mosco.
Awards
[edit]In 2021, Mosco won a Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society for Bird and Moon.[19]
References
[edit]- ^ "Books". Rosemary Mosco. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
- ^ Staake, Jill (April 27, 2018). "The Nature Art of Rosemary Mosco". Birds an Blooms. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Joining Science and Art". The University of Vermont. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ D, Ryan (June 20, 2018). "Q&A With Rosemary Mosco of Bird and Moon Comics". Mass Audubon - Your Great Outdoors. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ The Seriously Silly Science Cartoons of Rosemary Mosco, retrieved October 23, 2021
- ^ "Here's What To Do If You Find A Baby Songbird Out Of Its Nest". HuffPost. April 4, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ "What is this 'hot pigeon'? Is it even real?". the Guardian. March 11, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ Groskin, Luke. "The Seriously Silly Science Cartoons Of Rosemary Mosco". Science Friday. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ "Why I Use Comics to Share My Love of Birds and Science". Audubon. April 26, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ Torontoist (December 7, 2011). "Wild Toronto, Collector's Edition". Torontoist. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
- ^ "Wild City Comics". Your Wild City. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
- ^ Mosco, Rosemary. "Science and Nature cartoons". bird and moon. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
- ^ NGILBERT (January 17, 2019). "2019 Great Graphic Novels for Teens". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ THE ATLAS OBSCURA EXPLORER'S GUIDE FOR THE... | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ BUTTERFLIES ARE PRETTY…GROSS! | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ Rosemary, Mosco. "Flowers Are Pretty...Weird!". School Library Journal. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
- ^ Bent, Nancy. Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Booklist review.
- ^ Mosco, Rosemary (April 12, 2022). "Why City Pigeons Are Worth Watching". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ "Reuben Weekend – NCS Divisional Award Winners 1". The Daily Cartoonist. October 16, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
