Amy Shira Teitel
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Amy Shira Teitel (born March 7, 1986) is a Canadian-American author, popular science writer, spaceflight historian, YouTuber, and podcaster, best known for writing Breaking the Chains of Gravity (Bloomsbury 2015) and her YouTube channel, Vintage Space. She has also written for The Daily Beast, National Geographic, Discovery News, Scientific American, Ars Technica, Al Jazeera English, and Popular Science. She is a co-host for the Discovery Channel's online DNews channel.

Amy has referred to herself as a "professional space history nerd", and according to The Sydney Morning Herald, the popularity of her YouTube channel "has also resulted in her becoming something of a go-to girl for science shows on mainstream television."

Amy is a native of Toronto. She has written for The Daily Beast, National Geographic, Discovery News, Scientific American, Ars Technica, and Al Jazeera English.

Her first book which was based on her research for her master's degree thesis, Breaking the Chains of Gravity (Bloomsbury 2015), tells the story of America's nascent space program. It was her debut book and Kirkus Reviews called it a "must-read for anyone interested in the early history of space exploration." Booklist called it a "fine authorial debut." The book describes the early pioneers of rockets in the late 1920s, up to the formation of NASA.