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For a decade now, I’ve had a terrific time researching and writing my seven-books-and-counting National Park Mystery Series for...

Like your mysteries set in wild places? Are you passionate about environmental issues? Then you'll appreciate the following lists of...

By Dave Butler Success in conservation often means employing a unique and ever-evolving basket of skills such as passion, dedication,...

I’m excited about attending the Left Coast Crime Conference next week. It’s not a writers’ conference, but a mystery fan conference. The...

By Gregory Zeigler I'm trying something a little different this post. Something that we authors—so accustomed to toiling alone—rarely do....

By Stephen Legault FRW editor note-- this week, we are very pleased to share a post by renowned writer and conservationist Stephen...

Words are a writer's tools, but sometimes I can't locate my toolbox and then I just try to use a a pair of pliers for everything. I think...

Twenty-five years ago I published an essay called “A Polygamist of Place.” I stand by it. What did I mean by calling myself a geographic...

By Dave Butler Early in my fiction writing career, I was asked by a fellow novelist if I used the Proust Questionnaire to develop...

In my work as a private investigator, I interviewed people involved in many situations in many ways, and I’ve learned that each person’s...

Enjoy a visual holiday gift from Chuck Schneebeck Photography. Note from Gregory Zeigler. I asked wildlife photographer Chuck Schneebeck...

By Dave Butler “So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.” Dr. Seuss One of my...

A note from Pamela Beason - Today we're happy to welcome Alice Henderson, another environmental mystery author, to our site. I highly...

By Gregory Zeigler The boundary of Munds Mountain Wilderness Area is literally a five minute walk from Sedona, Arizona. I'm thinking...

Claire Kells is a physician and writer, whose best-selling debut adventure novel Girl Underwater was released in 2015. An avid open water...

by Pat Morrow Editor's note -- this week, we're very pleased that Pat Morrow has agreed to join us. Pat, who lives in a small town in...

By Gregory Zeigler Charlie Craighead is a writer and filmmaker who grew up in a family of biologists. Charlie attended Utah State...

Warning—this post is going to be a bit of an environmental/preservation/save-the-planet rant, because that’s where my brain is these...

By Michele Sam FRW editor note -- we are pleased and honoured that Michele Sam has agreed to be our guest this week. Michele is Ktunaxa...

By Gregory Zeigler Following a childhood in upstate New York and upon graduating from Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a dual major...