Part XVI. Women Working in Nature and the Arts, Caroline Woodward Caroline Woodward is a writer of fiction, poetry and children’s books, living on the Lennard Island Lightstation at the entrance to Clayoquot Sound, near Tofino, BC. She is qualified as an Assistant Lightkeeper and often works relief at this […]

Part XV. Women Working in Nature and the Arts Nancy Lord, who lives in Homer, Alaska, is passionate about place, history, and the natural environment.  From her many years of commercial salmon fishing and, later, work as a naturalist and historian on adventure cruise ships, she’s explored in both fiction […]

Part XIV. Women Working in Nature and the Arts Annis Pratt’s novels are full of passion for the natural world and enthusiasm for the details of everyday life. Her invented worlds are more realistic than fantastic, her fiction speculative about ways to live in harmony with each other and with […]

Part XVI. Women Working in Nature and the Arts Returning to our “Women Working in Nature and the Arts” interview series, I’m happy to introduce Donelle Dreese. Donelle is an author and Professor of English at Northern Kentucky University.  Her books include Cave Walker (Moon Willow Press), Sophrosyne (Aldrich Press), Deep River […]

Part XII. Women Working in Nature and the Arts Johanna Melchiore is an amazing woman and the wife of Ron Melchiore, whose book Life Off Grid: My Path to the Wilderness explores their road less traveled. Ron and Johanna currently live in the total wilds of Saskatchewan in a remote […]

Part XI. Women Working in Nature and the Arts Liz Cunningham is the author of Ocean Country: One Woman’s Voyage from Peril to Hope in Her Quest to Save the Seas (North Atlantic Books) and Talking Politics: Choosing the President in the Television Age (Praeger). Her work has appeared in […]

Part X. Women Working in Nature and the Arts M Jackson joins our Women Working in Nature and the Arts series. She is an adventurer and environmental educator pursing a doctorate in geography and earth science at the University of Oregon, where she is researching glaciers and climate change in […]

Part IX. Women Working in Nature and the Arts I would like to welcome Charlene D’Avanzo, whom I first met last year in our climate change short story contest, which Charlene entered. Her story “Hot Clams” was selected for the upcoming anthology Winds of Change. Charlene noted in our discussion […]

Part VII. Women Working in Nature and the Arts Mary: Hi Jessica. Thanks so much for letting me interview you. I have been looking at your website, “Words from the Wild“, and see that you are not just a writer and photographer but a biologist turned conservationist. I’m intrigued by […]

Part VI. Women Working in Nature and the Arts This week we have a discussion with Kris Anderegg and one of her best friends, Ashley O’Hara Skalsky. These two girls go back to age 11 when they met in southern California. I still remember that day! I decided to interview both […]

Part V. Women Working in Nature and the Arts Note: The novel The Bears was republished as Ursocrypha: The Book of Bear in 2017. Mary: Katie, thanks so much for agreeing to an interview with Eco-fiction.com. Your book The Bears tackles a subject very close to my heart: What would […]