author
Jean LaPaz
A coauthor of a lively introduction to meteorites, this mid-20th-century writer helped bring the science of space rocks to younger readers. Very little biographical information is widely documented, which gives the book an extra sense of curiosity and discovery.
1 Audiobook
Space Nomads: Meteorites in Sky, Field, and Laboratory
by Lincoln LaPaz, Jean LaPaz
About the author
Jean LaPaz is best known as the coauthor, with Lincoln LaPaz, of Space Nomads: Meteorites in Sky, Field, and Laboratory, published by Holiday House in 1961. Library and book records also identify her as Leota Jean LaPaz, suggesting that the name "Jean LaPaz" used on the book was a shorter form of her full name.
The book was written as an accessible, largely nontechnical introduction to meteoritics—the study of meteorites—and was aimed at general readers interested in space science. Her collaboration on that project places her within the wave of mid-century science writing that tried to make astronomy and related fields exciting and understandable for younger audiences.
Beyond her work on Space Nomads, I couldn't confirm many reliable biographical details from the sources available here. Because of that, the most accurate picture is a modest one: a writer associated with an engaging popular-science book about meteorites, remembered mainly through that contribution.