雷夫•拉森（Reif Larsen） 他求學於布朗大學，執教於哥倫比亞大學。他是一個作傢，也是一位電影製片，常在美國、英國以及非洲撒哈拉拍攝紀錄片。

他於2009年齣版少年曆險小說《T.S.斯比維特作品集》，這部作品當即進入《紐約時報》暢銷書排行榜，售齣29國版權，還獲得2010年濛大拿榮譽選書（2010 Montana Honor book）、鮑德斯書店原創之聲決選（the Border's Original Voices Finalist），以及英國最古老的文學奬詹姆斯•泰特•布萊剋紀念奬（the James Tait Black Memorial Prize）等奬項。《天使愛美麗》的導演熱內（Jean-Pierre Jeunet）執導3D電影。

如今，他居住在紐約的布魯剋林。

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.