ABOUT

AUTHOR. SCIENTIST. GUIDE.

One of the first Grand Canyon boatwomen in the 1970s and 80s, I continued my water-driven life as a fluvial (stream) geologist and writer specializing in rivers, river culture, and arid environments.

I’m the author of hundreds of essays, poems, and stories, most recently in Terrain.org, Writers on the Range, and Audubon.org.

I’ve presented on river systems, climate & water writing, and women in nature at bookshops and conferences throughout North America. I also guide Literary Bird Walks for people of all abilities in parklands and wildlife refuges.

Are you part of a book club looking for a read? Reach out and we’ll talk.

SELECTED AWARDS

• Fulbright Visiting Research Chair (Humanities, Fiction Writing), Edmonton, AB

• Nautilus Book Award (Ecology & Environment), East Sound, WA

• Desert Writer Award, Ellen Meloy Fund, Bluff, UT

• WILLA Award (Original Fiction), Women Writing the West, Golden, CO

• Waterston Desert Writing Prize, Bend, OR

EDUCATION

• M.F.A., Creative Writing and Literature, Mills College, Oakland, CA

• B.S., Earth Sciences. Honors. University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

AFFILIATIONS

• Authors Guild, New York, NY

• Fulbright Association, Washington, D.C.

• International League of Conservation Writers, Golden, CO

• Alliance of Independent Authors, London, UK

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