Russel Freedman is a nonfiction writer who prefers to call himself a "factual writer," because writing about factual topics sounds more interesting than not writing about fiction, Freedman has written close to forty books on various topics, including animal behavior and the behavior of admirable human beings, such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Crazy Horse, and Abraham Lincoln. He has won dozens of awards for making science and history come alive. His books often include his carefully chosen photographs about his topics.