Amy Shira Teitel is a Canadian[2][3] author, popular science writer, historian,[4] and YouTuber.

[5] She has written for The Daily Beast, National Geographic, Discovery News, Scientific American, Ars Technica, and Al Jazeera English.

Breaking the Chains of Gravity (2015) tells the story of America's nascent space program.

[10] Teitel's Fighting for Space (2020) is a dual biography of female pilots Jacqueline Cochran and Jerrie Cobb.

[14] She has also appeared on Ancient Aliens, NASA's Unexplained Files, and other cable documentary shows.