Starchild: My Life Under the Night Sky

From a childhood in Camden to the frontiers of space, an inspirational memoir from space scientist, presenter of The Sky at Night, and bestselling author Maggie Aderin.

”I’d toast the moon and look at the sky… I think it draws us to it; we wonder what lies beyond.’

Maggie Aderin’s destiny was always written in the stars. From the age of three, inspired by The Clangers, her dream was to go into space. While her childhood was spent moving around the country, her fascination with the universe remained her constant and enmeshed in her a deep desire and determination to succeed as a scientist.

Starchild is Maggie’s emotionally honest and intimate memoir, telling a story of education and prejudice, adversity and ambition, motherhood and the moon – all recounted in her characteristically warm and relatable style.

From being the only Black woman on her physics course at Imperial College London, to her work on the James Webb and Gemini telescopes, to starting her own science engagement company and sharing the wonders of science with thousands of children every year, Maggie’s story is a love letter to life and the universe that makes it possible.