I am a freelance writer based in Columbia, Missouri. I cover the environment, evolution, energy, agriculture, language, books and film. That said, I frequently write outside these topics on everything from the electricity grid to domesticating foxes to medical advances born of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I am always interested in learning something new.
These days I am writing a popular science book about proactive approaches to nature conservation that do not attempt to return nature to a “pristine wilderness” condition. The book will feature rewilding, assisted migration, novel ecosystems and other new ideas in conservation. It should appear in late 2010 or early 2011, from Bloomsbury USA.
My stories have appeared in Conservation, Wired, The Christian Science Monitor, Nature Medicine and above all, Nature.
I have a Master’s in Science Writing from the Johns Hopkins University and I was a Washington correspondent at the scientific journal Nature for several years.
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Contact me at e.marris@gmail.com
