Lucy Hawking is a journalist and author, who aims to teach about science through entertainment, children’s literature and adventure films. She is particularly well-known for her series about George, who works out how to slip through a computer-generated portal and travel around the solar system, beginning in George’s Secret Key to the Universe, which is available in 38 languages and published in 43 countries. She has collaborated with a range of academics and astronauts, including Tim Peake and was nominated for a Sir Arthur Clarke Award for Excellence in Space Education by the British Interplanetary Society.