Pamela S. Turner, the award-winning author of several science books for children, parlayed her high school love of science into a career in health planning, epidemiology and health policy research. She and her husband met as exchange students in Kenya, and traveled the world. Turner’s three children were born in three different countries. After a stint in Tokyo, Turner and her family returned to the U.S. “By that time I was doing policy research and I was not that into it,” she says. “I really wanted to go back to my original ambition, but I was scared to try it. Afraid that I wouldn’t be any good.” More…