Paula Wild

Paula Wild is an award-winning author of seven books. Her most recent release, Return of the Wolf: Conflict & Coexistence (Douglas & McIntyre 2018) received a Silver Medal for Environment/Ecology from the Independent Publisher Book Awards. The Cougar: Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous (Douglas & McIntyre 2013) was the Gold winner for Foreword Review’s Nature Book of the Year in the USA.

Wild is also the author of The Comox Valley; One River, Two Cultures: A History of the Bella Coola Valley and Sointula Island Utopia. All appeared on the Vancouver Sun BC Bestseller list soon after publication. Sointula received an award from the BC Historical Federation, which cited the book as “a significant contribution to BC history.” Her work has also been included in numerous anthologies including Raincoast Chronicles 23.

Commissioned books include The Filberg Heritage Lodge & Park and Memories: One Hundred Years of Living.

Known for her conversational and engaging style, Wild’s work has appeared in British Columbia Magazine, Canada’s History Magazine, the Vancouver Sun and numerous other periodicals. Many of her 1,000+ articles have been cover stories. Her articles have been nominated for the National Magazine Awards and she received the John Alexander Award for “On a Mission for Life.”

As an author, Wild is intrigued by the relationships between people, places and the natural world. Travel has taken her to 11 countries on four continents where she has experienced different landscapes and cultures in locations as diverse as Malta, Brazil, Romania and Tanzania. She’s fascinated by the ways people adapt to or modify the land and how the roles of hunter and prey shift between humans and wildlife according to circumstance.