Genre: Nonfiction, Essays, Travel, Visual/Performing Arts, Missouri, natural history/history

Audience: Young Adult/Adult

Published Works:

The Local Wilderness, Prentice Hall Press, 1987; Painting Nature's Details in Watercolor, North Light Books, 1986, paperback 1991; Watercolor Tricks and Techniques, North Light Books, 1987, paperback 1992 (translations in French, Dutch, and Italian); The Nocturnal Naturalist, Globe Pequot Press, 1989; The Wild Foods Cookbook, Stephen Greene Press, 1989; Drawing and Painting from Nature, Design Press--Tab Books, 1989; On Becoming Lost: A Naturalist's Search for Meaning, Gibbs M. Smith, 1990; Missouri: Off the Beaten Path, Globe Pequot Press, 1990, 1993; Kansas: Off the Beaten Path, Globe Pequot Press, 1992, 1994; Sierra Club Guide to Sketching in Nature, San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1991; A Naturalist's Cabin, NY: Penguin USA; Creating Textures in Watercolor, Cincinnati: North Light Books, 1991; The Naturalist's Path, Walker Publications, 1992; One Square Mile: An Artist's Journal of the American Heartland, Walker Publications, 1993; Nature Walks, Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1994; Living History: Drawing on the Past, Excelsior Springs, MO: Graphics/Fine Arts Press, 1994; First Steps in Watercolor, North Light Books, 1995; First Steps in Drawing, North Light Books, 1995; The Walker's Companion fpr the Nature Company (contributing Author), Time/Life Books, 1995; Who Was I; Creating a Living History Persona, Graphics/Fine Arts, 1995; Walk Softly; Mocassins in the Primary Documents, Graphics/Fine Arts, 1996; Sierra Club Guide to Painting in Nature, Sierra Club Books, 1999; Pyrates in Petticoats, Graphics/Fine Arts, 2001; Watercolor Pencil Magic, North Light Books, 2002.

Included in these books: Basic Watercolor Techniques, North Light Books, 1991; Mother Earth; Through the Eyes of Women Photographers and Writers, Sierra Club Books, 1992; Women in Wilderness, Harcourt Brace & Co., 1995; Book of Buckskinning 7, Scurlock Publications, 1999; .The Earth at Our Doorstep Contemporary Nature Writers Celebrate the Landscapes of Home, Sierra Club Books, 1996; John Elder's Massive Reference Book, American Nature Writer's, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996; Basic People Painting, North Light Books, 1996; Basic Flower Painting, North Light Books, 1996; Basic Techiques for Painting Textures in Watercolor, North Light Books, 1998; Book of Buckskinning 8, Scurlock Publications, 1999.

Have any works been translated into other languages? Yes

Speaking Engagements:

Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Yes
Limitations on travel: 300 miles

Contact Information:

Contact author directly at: PO Box 321, Excelsior Springs 64024-0321