T. DeLene Beeland

It was my love for wild nature that led me back to science. As a child, I trolled for redfish in the Gulf of Mexico with my parents. In winter, we slogged across mudflats in the freezing dawn for stone crabs, and in fall we donned masks and snorkels and floated over shallow grass flats to scoop up scallops.

In graduate school I decided to explore my interest in the natural world through the lens of writing. My graduate studies blended education in natural resources management and ecology with training in journalism.

My first book, The Secret World of Red Wolves: The Fight to Save North America’s Other Wolf was published in June 2013 by the University of North Carolina Press. I'm a professional member of The Author's Guild, the National Association for Science Writers, the International League of Conservation Writers, and the Science Communicators of North Carolina.

Visit my professional writing web site, www.delene.us.