Lela Nargi Lela Nargi is based in Brooklyn, New York. After years spent reporting for national magazines like People and Life, Lela now writes books - mostly about science, and mostly for children, including titles for National Geographic and Smitsonian. Lela is the author of Karl's New Beak (2019, Capstone / Smithsonian), a book that was picked as a California Reading Association Eureka honoree and was named a best STEM book of 2020 by the National Science Teaching Association & the Children's Book Council. Read More Read Less