Henion
Leigh Ann Henion is the New York Times bestselling author of Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark (2024) and Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer’s Search for Wonder in the Natural World (2015). Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Smithsonian, Backpacker, Garden & Gun, National Geographic, Men’s Journal, […]
Taffa
Deborah Taffa’s debut, Whiskey Tender, a 2024 National Book Award Finalist, has been named to best lists at Esquire, Oprah Daily, ELLE, and The Washington Post. With awards and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, PEN America, MacDowell, the Ellen Meloy Foundation, Tin House, the University of Iowa, and the NY Summer Writers […]
Schlanger
Zoë Schlanger is a staff writer at the Atlantic, where she covers climate change. She is the author of The Light Eaters, a New York Times bestselling book about the world of plant-behavior-and-intelligence research, published by HarperCollins. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, NPR, and The New York Review of Books, among […]
Hickey
Jon Hickey was born in Mankato, Minnesota and grew up in Wisconsin and Minnesota. He is an enrolled citizen of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Anishinaabe). He currently lives in San Francisco with his family. He is the author of the novel Big Chief (Simon & Schuster, 2025). His short fiction […]
Thanhauser
Sofi Thanhauser is a writer, artist, and musician, based in Brooklyn. She is the author of Worn: A People’s History of Clothing (Pantheon, January 2022). Her writing has appeared in the MIT Technology Review, American Craft, Vox, The Guardian, Observer Magazine, Dame, and LitHub, among other publications. She is a 2024 Climate Works Fellow, and […]
Waterman
Jon Waterman is an award-winning author and photographer renowned for his immersive explorations of wilderness and environmental issues. With a prolific body of work encompassing 17 books and five films, including ESPN’s Emmy-winning “Surviving Denali” and National Geographic’s bestselling Atlas of the National Parks, Waterman has earned acclaim for his deep connection to nature and […]
La Tray
Chris La Tray is a Métis storyteller, a descendent of the Pembina Band of the mighty Red River of the North and an enrolled member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians. His third book, Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home, was published by Milkweed Editions on August 20, 2024. His first […]
Timmerman
Kelsey Timmerman is the New York Times bestselling author of the “Where Am I?” series: Where Am I Wearing?, Where Am I Eating?, and Where Am I Giving?. Through these books, Kelsey puts faces to the global garment, food, and philanthropy industries. With a blend of humor and storytelling, he educates audiences and readers, encouraging […]
Larison
John Larison was born in 1979 in Philomath, Oregon. The son of National Geographic filmmakers, he spent much of his childhood on-assignment, often staying in remote tropical or mountainous regions among subsistence communities. He attended the University of Oregon and studied philosophy and literature, and stayed to earn a Master’s of Education. While learning to […]
Baszile
Natalie Baszile is the author of the novel, Queen Sugar, which was adapted for seven television seasons by writer/director Ava DuVernay, and co-produced by Oprah Winfrey. Queen Sugar was named one of the San Francisco Chronicles’ Best Books of 2014, was long-listed for the Crooks Corner Southern Book Prize, and nominated for an NAACP Image […]
