Van Rheenen, Erin: - Erin Van Rheenen is a science, travel, and fiction writer with work in publications like BBC Travel, The Sun, and Best Women's Travel Writing. After earning a BA from UC Santa Cruz and a Masters from City University of New York, she left the US to see the world. She ended up in Costa Rica, where she lived for several years, soaking up the green and researching her relocation guide, Living Abroad in Costa Rica and her children's book, The Manatee's Big Day. For ten years she was Senior Writer at The Exploratorium, a science museum. Erin now lives in San Francisco.