Vicki Oransky Wittenstein

Bookslut.com gave PLANET HUNTER a shout out in the September 2010 newsletter. Check it out in Off the Map, a column written by Colleen Mondor. One of the reasons I decided to profile Marcy, as opposed to just writing about… Read the rest >>

While I was vacationing on eastern Long Island in New York, a reporter for the SOUTHAMPTON PRESS, Phoebe Nir, wrote an article about me, my book PLANET HUNTER, and the talk I gave at The Quogue Library. Phoebe described my… Read the rest >>

What a beautiful library, and what terrific programs for children and adults! I spoke to a large group of children, teens, and adults about astronomy, planet hunting, going to Hawaii, the Kepler space telescope, and searching for life on other… Read the rest >>

Check out the wonderful new book trailer for PLANET HUNTER below! Produced by Lisa Gottfried of DigitalWeavers, the trailer peeks inside the book and tells the story of Geoff Marcy and other key astronomers in their search for planets like… Read the rest >>

In the pile of mail by my front door, I found the August issue of Highlights For Children magazine. Tucked among the magazine articles, was a Q & A I had written about astronaut Gregory Chamitoff (See What a Pro… Read the rest >>

Whew! Life is busy. I visited a wonderful book store called WORDS, in Maplewood, NJ, and signed books. What a beautiful book store, and what nice people. Thank you to Kelsey and Jeff for your help, and for Jonah for… Read the rest >>

The cutest little children were pushed in their strollers into Book Court to learn about planet hunting. Mostly, they sat in their mom’s and dad’s laps. One little boy, though, slept in his stroller, while another stuffed goldfish crackers into… Read the rest >>

My family, friends, and colleagues, both near and far, came to a book launch party that my husband hosted in the beautiful library at the Yale Club of New York City. What a fabulous evening — the buzz, the food,… Read the rest >>

If you haven’t read the Op Ed piece in the New York Times today by William Falk, editor in chief of The Week magazine, check it out. In bemoaning the amount of information that Americans consumed every day in 2009… Read the rest >>

This seems like the perfect day to begin this blog. Today I received the pdf of the cover for my book, Planet Hunter: Geoff Marcy and the Search for Other Earths! After two and a half years of researching, interviewing… Read the rest >>