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Sharman Apt Russell
Sharman Apt Russell was awarded the 2016 John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Nature Writing, whose other recipients include Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, and Roger Tory Peterson....view moreSharman Apt Russell was awarded the 2016 John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Nature Writing, whose other recipients include Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, and Roger Tory Peterson. Her works include the award-winning young adult historical fantasy Teresa of the New World, set in the dreamscape of the sixteenth-century American Southwest, and Knocking on Heaven’s Door, which takes place in a science fiction Paleoterrific future. Her nonfiction ranges from Diary of a Citizen Scientist to Standing in the Light: My Life as a Pantheist. Sharman is a professor emerita at Western New Mexico University in Silver City, New Mexico, and affiliate faculty at Antioch University in Los Angeles. She lives with her husband in the Gila Valley of southwestern New Mexico.
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Books by Sharman Apt Russell
Diary of a Citizen Scientist: Chasing Tiger Beetles and Other New Ways of Engaging the World Knocking on Heaven's Door: A Novel Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Last Matriarch: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When the Land Was Young: Reflections on American Archaeology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSongs of the Fluteplayer: Seasons of Life in the Southwest Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Teresa of the New World Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5