Where authors grow like chanterelles
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Writers in several genres make Our Coast their home. •BY VALERIE RYAN
n Our Coast, where rainy days outnumber sunny ones, read- ing and writing are indoor sports.
Authors are thick on the ground, as valued as chanterelles. At any given time, you’re likely to run into one in the grocery store, the post office or a restaurant, tak- ing a break from their labor.
Let’s drop some names. You might find more. Robert Michael Pyle is a lepidopterist (that’s a butterfly expert) and author who has published 12 books and hundreds of papers, essays, stories and poems. He founded the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation in 1974. His book, “Sky Time in Grays River: Living for Keeps in a Forgotten Place,” was a fi- nalist for the 2008 Washington State Book Award for General Nonfiction.
Coastal authors write fiction,
His latest book, “Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year” was a finalist for the 2011 award in the Biography/Memoir category. It chronicled his adventures across the continent in 2008, seeking to document as many native but- terflies as possible – a massive undertaking which a brilliant man, who has a beautiful Santa Claus beard decorating a beatific face, managed to make into a compelling story for nonbutterfliers. Jim Lynch, who lives in Olympia, Wash., but is often here, is a former journalist who has writ- ten three novels. First was “The Highest Tide,” a coming-of-age story; next came “Border Songs,” the story of a border guard with an uncanny knack for unearthing criminals and identifying birds along the way. Lynch’s next book will appear on the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Seattle World’s Fair, where the story is set.
nonfiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, children’s literature, graphic novels, home and garden, science, nature
and travel.
Kathryn James, a Cannon Beach resident, has written a “what if?” novel, “The Princess of Cannon Beach,” which speculates about what might have happened had one of the Russian Romanov princesses lived and what adventures she might have had if she had escaped here. An Arcadia Beach neighbor is Terry Brooks, world-class fantasist and international best-selling author, whose popularity places him right be- hind J.K. Rowling and George R.R. Martin. His Shanarra series is a won- drous world of his creation, well-loved by children and adults.
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