Gary Ferguson

Gary Ferguson has written for a variety of national publications, including Vanity Fair and Orion, and is the author of 27 books on nature and science. His memoir "The Carry Home: Lessons from the American Wilderness," was described by The Los Angeles Times as "gorgeous," with "beauty on every page." Ferguson's most recent book, The Eight Master Lessons of Nature," will be released October 22, 2019 from Penguin Random House.

Gary was the 2002 Seigle Scholar at Washington University, St. Louis, served as the William Kittredge Distinguished Visiting Writer at the University of Montana, and was a Distinguished Visiting Writer at the University of Idaho. Growing up in the corn and rust of northern Indiana, at age 9 Ferguson announced he was moving West, to the Rockies. He lives with his wife, social psychologist Dr. Mary Clare, at the edge of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem.