Norton, Dorothy S.

Dorothy S. Norton is an artist and scientific illustrator specializing in astronomy, geology, and paleontology. She illustrated Rocks from Space (1998) and wrote and illustrated What’s So Mysterious about Meteorites? (2012), also available from Mountain Press Publishing Company. Her colorful paintings of extinct animals grace the walls of Japan’s National Geological Museums. From her home in Bend, Oregon, she produces instructional science slides for use in college and university classrooms.