David George Haskell, author portrait
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David George Haskell

David George Haskell is a biologist acclaimed for his lyrical explorations of the living world. His books have twice been finalists for Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction, in 2012 for The Forest Unseen and in 2022 for Sounds Wild and Broken. His 2017 book, The Songs of Trees won the John Burroughs Medal. Other literary honors include an Award in Literature from American Academy of Arts and Letters, two-time finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, and winner of the Acoustical Society of America’s Science Communication Award, the National Academies’ Best Book Award, Iris Book Award, Reed Environmental Writing Award, and National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, a Guggenheim Fellow, and is Adjunct Professor of Environmental Sciences at Emory University. He was previously William R. Kenan Jr. Professor at the University of the South in Sewanee, TN. Haskell lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
How Flowers Made Our World
Sounds Wild and Broken
The Songs of Trees
The Forest Unseen

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Books

How Flowers Made Our World
Sounds Wild and Broken
The Songs of Trees
The Forest Unseen

Events

Tue Mar 24 | 05:00 PM
Virtual
POINT REYES STATION, CA 94956
Google Map

Sat Mar 28 | 04:30 PM
EAGLE EYE BOOK SHOP
2076 N DECATUR RD
DECATUR, GA 30033-5306
Google Map

Tue Apr 07 | 07:00 PM
Clark Family Library Event Center
1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63131
Google Map

Sun Apr 19 | 02:00 PM
Miami Botanical Gardens
2000 Convention Ctr Dr
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Google Map

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