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The Last Days of the Dinosaurs won the 2023 AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books in the Young Adult category.

Riley was a 2024 recipient of the National Center for Science Education’s Friend of Darwin award for her efforts to bring science to the public.

Daring to Dig

Riley is among the many trailblazing women in paleontology highlighted by the Museum of the Earth’s Daring to Dig exhibit.

On the Origin of Science Writers

The Open Notebook selected Riley as one of the journalists to feature on its Origin of Science Writers project.

Media Expertise

Riley has appeared as an expert on paleontology and dinosaur pop culture on a variety of radio, internet, and television programs, including All Things Considered, Science Friday, Science Shambles, Mysteries at the Museum, Talk Nerdy, Science for the People, WatchMojo, and NOVA.

Riley has also given talks about paleontology at institutions including Yale University, the University of Alberta, the Natural History Museum of Utah, the University of Southern Illinois Carbondale, Rutgers University, the Burpee Museum of Natural History, the Western Science Center, the New Mexico Museum of Nature and Science, the Natural History Museum in London, and many others.