Wendy Isdell

Who is Wendy Isdell?

Wendy Diane Isdell is an American author and artist. She is best known for her young adult works, which incorporate science and math into fiction. Her most popular novel, A Gebra Named Al, has been in print since 1993. It has been translated into several languages, made required reading in some school systems, and published internationally.

Wendy Isdell dedicated much of her early life to writing. Her first notable publishing credit came at age nine, through articles in the Haydon Elementary School newsletter. Seven years later, she signed a contract for her first novel, A Gebra Named Al, with Free Spirit Publishing in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The sequel was published two years later.

Wendy Isdell was also a pioneer of the internet, having developed websites as early as November 1994. She was a contributor for early versions of DreamingGates.com, experimenting with javascript and css to create a rudimentary shopping cart as early as 1999.

Wendy Isdell graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1997 from Hofstra University with a B.A. in Creative Arts, then Summa Cum Laude from Mary Washington University in 2004 with an M.A. in General Studies. She went on to obtain a Doctorate of Divinity and Ph.D. in Religion.