When 12-year-old genius map-maker T.S. Spivet receives an unexpected phone call from the Smithsonian, life as normal--if you consider mapping dinner table conversation normal--is interrupted and a wild cross-country adventure begins. During his journey, T.S. discovers a secret family history in his luggage. And the farther he travels, the greater he understands home. All that he has learned is tested when he arrives at the capital and is welcomed into science's inner circle only to find that fame seems to overshadow ideas. T.S. struggles to find a way to map the delicate lessons learned about family and self, and questions whether there is a definitive way to communicate the ebbs and tides of heartbreak, loss, and loneliness in this exhilarating, funny, endlessly charming, and unbearably poignant debut novel.

雷夫•拉森（Reif Larsen） 他求学于布朗大学，执教于哥伦比亚大学。他是一个作家，也是一位电影制片，常在美国、英国以及非洲撒哈拉拍摄纪录片。

他于2009年出版少年历险小说《T.S.斯比维特作品集》，这部作品当即进入《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜，售出29国版权，还获得2010年蒙大拿荣誉选书（2010 Montana Honor book）、鲍德斯书店原创之声决选（the Border's Original Voices Finalist），以及英国最古老的文学奖詹姆斯•泰特•布莱克纪念奖（the James Tait Black Memorial Prize）等奖项。《天使爱美丽》的导演热内（Jean-Pierre Jeunet）执导3D电影。

如今，他居住在纽约的布鲁克林。