Kim Todd
American author (born 1970)
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Kim Todd (born April 15, 1970) is an American author. She is also a professor of creative writing at the University of Minnesota.[1] She has written essays and several books of nonfiction, primarily about environmental history and the natural sciences.
University of Montana
Kim Todd | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 15, 1970 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Montana |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Creative writing |
| Institutions | University of Minnesota University of Montana |
Education and work
Todd received her master's in environmental studies and her M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Montana in Missoula.
Todd is the recipient of a PEN/Jerard Fund award.[2] Her book Tinkering with Eden won the 2001 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award.[3][4] Her book Chrysalis was selected by the New York Public Library as a "Book to Remember."[5] Her work has been reviewed in The New Yorker,[6][7] The New York Times,[8] and The New York Review of Books.[9]
Bibliography
Books
- Tinkering with Eden, A Natural History of Exotic Species in America (2001) ISBN 978-0393048605.[10]
- Chrysalis, Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis (2007)[11] (See Maria Sibylla Merian.)
- Sparrow (2012) Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1861898753.[12]
- Sensational: The Hidden History of America's 'Girl Stunt Reporters', HarperCollins, New York, 2021. ISBN 9780062843616[7][13]
Essays and articles
- "Curious." River Teeth (2014)[14]
- "Road Warrior." River Teeth (2015)[15]
- "Reintroductions and Other Translocations." Guernica (2015)[16]
- "Real predators don’t eat popsicles." High Country News (2016)[17]
- "The Language of Sparrows: How Bird Songs Are Evolving To Compete With Urban Noise." Bay Nature (2016)[18]
- "These Women Reporters Went Undercover to Get the Most Important Scoops of Their Day." Smithsonian (2016)[19]
- "The Children’s Hour, Theatre Rhinoceros, 1986." Guernica (2017)[20]
- "The Island Wolves." Orion (2017)[21]
- "Coyote Tracker: San Francisco's Uneasy Embrace of a Predator's Return." Bay Nature (2018)[22]
- "In Turn Each Woman Thrust Her Head." Paris Review Daily (2018)[23]
