This month, we continue with the young adult/teen focus, certainly timely right now as youth have entered the front lines on fighting climate change. On March 15, 2019, an international march took place with thousands of students from dozens of countries skipping school and calling for government action. Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg helped to spur this action last year, though before that youth were already in the arena. It’s such a positive and hopeful sign, and quite naturally, literature continues to remark on such issues. This week we look at works by D.G. Driver, author of The Juniper Sawfeather trilogy, a series of fantasy novels showing how a native American teenager, Juniper, deals with oil spills, logging, and endangered orcas. D.G. has a degree in theater arts from U.C. Irvine. Her first short story was published in Catalyst Magazine, and her first original play was produced in Los Angeles. She is an actor and enjoys community theater in Nashville. She’s also a special education
Wild Authors
Wild Authors: Ned Tillman
I continue my spotlight focus on authors whose novels are aimed toward a young adult and/or teen audience. These books might
Wild Authors: James Bradley
I continue my spotlight focus this year on authors whose novels are aimed toward a young adult and/or teen audience. These
Wild Authors: Edan Lepucki
I was thrilled to chat with Edan Lepucki about her work in the field of climate change and storytelling. She
Wild Authors: Marissa Slaven
I talked with Marissa earlier this year after publishing her young adult novel Code Blue (Moon Willow Press, 2018) and thought this
Wild Authors: Octavia Butler
Octavia Butler, an African American science fiction writer, was born in 1947 and died in 2006. A Hugo and Nebula
Wild Authors: Marian Womack
In this spotlight, I look at how ecology intersects with weird fiction. This has been an interest of mine, but
Wild Authors: Kathleen Dean Moore
This month’s feature on authors who explore global warming in fiction covers Kathleen Dean Moore. Moore’s background in environmental activism
Wild Authors: Jaimee Wriston Colbert
Jaimee Wriston Colbert is the author of six books of fiction: Vanishing Acts, her new novel; Wild Things, linked stories, winner of the CNY 2017
Wild Authors: Paolo Bacigalupi
Paolo Bacigalupi’s novels tell stories about human impacts on the environment – and, in turn, the results of these impacts