Jim Wright

A long-time prize-winning journalist and former movie critic, Jim Wright is the author of "The Peregrine Falcon," "The Screech Owl Companion" and "The Real James Bond." His books have gotten excellent write-ups in The Wall Street Journal, The Times Literary Supplement (TLS, U.K.), Variety and elsewhere.

He will soon be doing talks, Zoom talks and interviews about "The Peregrine Falcon." He is already the keynote speaker at one event, as well as a guest speaker (again) for New Jersey Audubon's Spring Festival n Cape May.

Wright has also written nature books about Central America’s largest rainforest, Pennsylvania’s legendary Hawk Mountain, and the New Jersey Meadowlands. His thriller The Last Frame (inspired by the tabloid photographer Weegee) published by Carroll & Graf, got rave reviews in The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times and many other newspapers.

Wright monitors peregrine falcon nests for the state of New Jersey and is the new coordinator for the State Line Hawk Watch on the New Jersey Palisades. He writes “The Bird Watcher” column for USA Today newspapers in New Jersey. He is a nature photographer and blogger. He lives with wife Patty in Allendale, NJ, where he is a marsh warden at the Celery Farm Natural Area..

He loves to give talks (and Zoom talks) about peregrine falcons, screech owls, and the real James Bond.