16-year-old Bailey Harris is an author, speaker, and advocate for freethought and human rights. She is the author of the Stardust series of science books for young readers.

Bailey is on a mission to inspire a love of science and a sense of wonder about the universe, promote freethought, and work towards acceptance of scientific fact in society and government. She was eight years old when she was inspired to write her first book, a beautifully illustrated children’s book that presented sound science in a manner accessible to young readers and pre-readers.

My Name Is Stardust was launched through a highly successful 2016 Kickstarter campaign, released in 2017, and has sold thousands of copies worldwide. Follow-ups Stardust Explores the Solar System (2018) and Stardust Explores Earth’s Wonders (2019) have continued in that tradition, presenting concepts of astronomy, geology, biology and principles such as the Big Bang and evolution.

The success of the Stardust series of books has enabled Bailey to carry her message in person to people all across the United States. While at BookCon in New York in 2017 promoting her first book, she appeared on iHeartRadio’s “The Public Library Podcast,” where she spoke to host Helen Little about the importance of books and learning in her life.

More recently, she was a featured speaker at the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s 2018 conference in San Francisco. As the youngest featured presenter in the history of the event, she delivered a talk about the difficulties she faced growing up and going to school in an area where the predominant religion was so dominant that the lines between church and state often blurred.

When she isn’t writing or sharing her books with the world, Bailey is a 7th grader at the Open Classroom in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she started the first middle school chapter of the Secular Student Alliance. She plays soccer for club team Impact United and is a huge fan of Real Salt Lake.

Douglas is the co-author of the Stardust book series, co-author of Elle the Humanist, and a science education advocate. While studying biology at Utah Valley University, he discovered his other passions, business and writing. This gives Douglas the unique ability to bring science to life.

Douglas co-authored the Stardust Book series with his 16-year-old daughter, Bailey Harris. My Name is Stardust is the first in their series of children's illustrated science storybooks. Book two in the series, Stardust Explores the Solar System, was released in 2018. Book three, Stardust Explores Earth's Wonders, was released in 2019.

Douglas co-authored Elle the Humanist with his 12-year-old daughter, Elle Harris. Elle the Humanist is a beautifully illustrated book presenting humanist ideas and ethics in a way that's warm, welcoming, and accessible for young readers. It features a foreword by renowned philosopher and author Daniel Dennett.

Douglas was a featured expert panel speaker at the 2017 BookCon in NYC on Science and Education. While releasing his book at BEA/NYC in 2017, he was interviewed by Helen Little for The Public Library Podcast on iHeartRadio about science, education and literature.