Kim Todd (born April 15, 1970) is an American author. She is also a professor of creative writing at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

. She has written essays and several books of nonfiction, primarily about environmental history and the natural sciences.

Education and work

Todd received her master's in

environmental studies Environmental studies is a multidisciplinary academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment. Environmental studies connects principles from the physical sciences, commerce/economics, the humanities, and social ...

and her M.F.A. in creative writing from the

University of Montana The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. UM reported 10,962 undergraduate and graduate students in the fal ...

in Missoula. Todd is the recipient of a PEN/Jerard Fund award. Her book ''Tinkering with Eden'' won the 2001 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award. Her book ''Chrysalis'' was selected by the New York Public Library as a "Book to Remember." Her work has been reviewed in ''The New Yorker'', ''The New York Times'', and ''

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''.

Bibliography

Books

* ''Tinkering with Eden, A Natural History of Exotic Species in America'' (2001) . * ''Chrysalis, Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis'' (2007) (See Maria Sibylla Merian.) * ''Sparrow'' (2012) Reaktion Books. . * ''Sensational: The Hidden History of America's 'Girl Stunt Reporters, HarperCollins, New York, 2021. "The lost legacy of the girl stunt reporter" by Katy Waldman
(''

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'', April 29, 2021.)

Essays and articles

* "Curious." ''River Teeth'' (2014) * "Road Warrior." ''River Teeth'' (2015) * "Reintroductions and Other Translocations." ''Guernica'' (2015) * "Real predators don’t eat popsicles." ''High Country News'' (2016) * "The Language of Sparrows: How Bird Songs Are Evolving To Compete With Urban Noise." ''Bay Nature'' (2016) * "These Women Reporters Went Undercover to Get the Most Important Scoops of Their Day." ''Smithsonian'' (2016) * "The Children’s Hour, Theatre Rhinoceros, 1986." ''Guernica'' (2017) * "The Island Wolves." ''Orion'' (2017) * "Coyote Tracker: San Francisco's Uneasy Embrace of a Predator's Return." ''Bay Nature'' (2018) * "In Turn Each Woman Thrust Her Head." ''Paris Review Daily'' (2018)

References

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