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Author Bios
Stan Tekiela
Jaret Daniels
Theresa Millang
Ron Gamer
Shawn Richardson
Teresa Marrone
Mary Bauer
Ed Fischer
Art Lee
Sharon Stiteler
Emily Wheeler
Doug Wood
Roderick MacIver
Stan Tekiela
Stan Tekiela is an award winning author, naturalist, columnist, wildlife
photographer and radio personality. He has a Bachelor of Science degree
in Natural History Interpretation (Naturalist) from the University of
Minnesota. He has been a professional naturalist for over 20 years and
is a member of the Minnesota Naturalist Association, the Outdoor Writers
Association of America, North American Nature Photography Association,
and Canon Professional Services. Stan actively studies and photographs
nature throughout the U.S. He has authored field guides for birds,
reptiles and amphibians, trees, wildflowers, mammals and more.
He received an Excellence in Interpretation
award from the National Association for Interpretation, and a regional
award for Commitment to Outdoor Education.
Stan lives and gardens near the Twin Cities
with his wife Katherine and daughter Abigail.
Jaret Daniels
Jaret C. Daniels, Ph.D. is the Assistant Director for Research at the
University of Florida's new McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and
Biodiversity.
An entomologist by training, he specializes
in the ecology and conservation biology of Lepidoptera. He has over 15
years experience with conservation projects focused on imperiled
Lepidoptera in the U.S. and Caribbean, including the Schaus' Swallowtail
(Papilio aristodemus ponceanus), Sweadner's Haistreak (Mitoura gryneus
sweadneri), Bartram's Hairstreak (Strymon acis bartrami), Florida
Leafwing (Anaea floridalis), and the Jamaican Giant Swallowtail (Papilio
homerus). He is currently the lead biologist from the McGuire Center for
Lepidoptera and Biodiversity working on the captive propagation and
reintroduction of the state-endangered Miami Blue butterfly (Cyclargus
thomasi bethunebakeri).
He has authored more than 40 scientific
papers, popular articles, and books dealing with butterflies,
conservation, integrated pest management, and butterfly gardening
including the most recent titles Butterflies of Florida Field Guide
(2003), Butterflies of the Carolinas Field Guide (2004), Butterflies of
Georgia Field Guide (2004), Butterflies of Ohio Field Guide (2004),
and Butterflies of Michigan Field Guide (2005). He has served as a
design and technical consultant for numerous butterfly houses,
commercial landscape projects, and school and home gardens.
Theresa Millang
Theresa Millang is a popular and versatile cookbook author. She has
written successful cookbooks on muffins, brownies, pies, cookies,
cheesecake, fruits, casseroles and several on Cajun cooking. Theresa was
born in Louisiana and moved to Minnesota via marriage where she adapted
quite well to "hot dish country" and brought her creative kitchen skills
to the task. She has cooked on television, and contributed many recipes
to food articles throughout the U.S.A. Theresa currently lives in
Kearney, Nebraska with her husband.
Ron Gamer
“Semi-retired” after thirty-five years in the classroom, educator and
outdoorsman Ron Gamer has channeled excess energy into authoring an
outdoor adventure series.
Set in Minnesota’s famed Boundary Waters Wilderness Canoe Area, the
first three Seth-and-Travis sagas have been receiving high marks from
students, parents and teachers alike. Book four, “Hidden Chance,”
features Jessie and new friend Buddy as they stumble across a mysterious
stash of stolen goods. But after Buddy crashes his ultralight into the
lake, Jess recruits Travis. The unlikely duo attempts to unravel the
mystery surrounding both the goods and the peculiar little man they
suspect is responsible. With several subtly embedded life lessons, the
story makes perfect fodder for class discussions.
With numerous school and civic presentations successfully concluded, Ron
is taking his little tent and campfire production, “Stirring Up a
Story,” out and about. To schedule a presentation at your upper
elementary or middle school classroom, visit Ron Gamer’s website at
www.RonGamer.com.
Educators: Get your free teaching guides. Click here for “One Last
Chance,” and click here for “Winter Chance.”
Shawn Richardson
Shawn E. Richardson has worked as a cartographer for the Ohio Department
of Transportation since 1988. He specializes in photogrammetry, the
process of creating maps using aerial photography. He received his
Bachelor of Science degree in environmental geography with emphasis on
cartography from Kentucky's University of Louisville in 1985. A Kentucky
native, Shawn has lived in Ohio since 1988. Shawn enjoys bicycle
touring, and his excursions can last anywhere from a few hours to
several days. Although he has biked back roads through many states, the
majority of his touring has been on trails. He is an active member of
the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and has belonged to the Columbus Outdoor
Pursuits, the American Youth Hostels, and to the Louisville Wheelmen.
Teresa Marrone
Teresa Marrone is the author of numerous cookbooks on outdoor cooking,
fish and wild game, and has been published in Outdoor Life. She has been
gathering and preparing wild foods for more than 20 years, and brings
her knowledge and warm writing style to her cookbooks. Teresa has
conducted many cooking seminars for several outdoors and conservation
groups, taught many cooking classes, and acted as a consultant to other
outdoor cookbook authors. An avid outdoors enthusiast, Teresa spends
many days each year camping and cooking in the back country, from
Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to the hills and high
desert plains of Wyoming. She lives in Minneapolis with husband Bruce
and the Senegal parrot, Tuca.
Mary Bauer
A full-blooded Irish lass, Mary M. Bauer was born and raised in Lutefisk
Country. She and her husband jumped the state line over a dozen years
ago and bought a Wisconsin dairy farm. Her two children ran off to
college, then found careers, to avoid baling hay and fence painting.
A former nurse and interior designer, Mary began her writing career as a
weekly columnist for a regional newspaper. She discovered ranting in
public and getting paid for it is a lot of fun. She is the author of
Adventure Publication’s Minnesota Day Trips by Theme, and
Wisconsin Day Trips by Theme.
Besides family, her major loves are traveling, hiking, books, decrepit
Christmas decorations, and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. She is a dog and
cat person, and is thinking about adopting a pig.
Ed Fischer
Ed Fischer is editorial cartoonist for the Post-Bulletin in Rochester,
MN and syndicated in over 100 papers. He has won 27 awards, including
the 2004 Hunger Hope Award for his cartoons bringing attention to
Minnesota's hungry. His cartoons have been in many publications
including Time, U.S. New and World Report, Christianity Today,
New York
Times as well as hundred of other periodicals. Ed enjoys the speakers'
circuit and other cartoon projects. He is married to Lavonne and has
four children: Jaqueline, Pamela, Rebecca and Paula. Ed's wife says he
is funny up to around 7 o'clock pm.
Art Lee
Art Lee is a retired history professor from Bemidji State University.
His interest in things Scandinavian came understandably and naturally,
having been born, raised and schooled in a Norwegian-American town named
Scandinavia, in central Wisconsin; also three of his four grandparents
were emigrants from Norway. Art Lee and his wife Judy have three
children and four grandchildren; they make their summer home in Bemidji
and winter in Arizona.
Sharon Stiteler
Sharon Stiteler was given a Peterson Field Guide to Birds when she was
about seven. She tried to flee destiny with a brief career with
Universal Exports but has worked in the birding industry for the last
eight years. She has appeared locally and nationally on television and
radio. Sharon appears on the KARE-11 Today Show every other Monday
between 10-11 a.m., talking about watching, housing and feeding the
birds. She is also on a Minnesota Radio station (A Balanced Breakfast
with Ian Punnett on 107.1 FM on the first Tuesday of the month at 5:45
a.m.) talking about the month's birding highlights. To learn more about
Sharon and her adventures visit
www.birdchick.com.
Emily Wheeler
Emily Williams-Wheeler's refreshing watercolors, characters and
calligraphy have become her trademark. She has used her charming style
to illustrate titles on topics that are dear to many women. Emily lives
in Fargo, ND with her husband and children.
Doug Wood
Author, artist, musician, naturalist, wilderness guide, Douglas Wood has
been called Minnesota's "Renaissance man," and Canoe Country "poet
avatar." As a writer of books for adults and children he has over one
million copies in print, including the timeless classic, Old Turtle.
For 20 years as a canoe guide, he has led trips from the Boundary Waters
to the Northwest Territories. When not in a canoe or kayak or at
speaking engagements around the country, he spends his time with his
family in two old log cabins, one on an island on Rainy Lake, and the
other on the banks of the Mississippi River.
Roderick MacIver
Roderick
MacIver is founder of the nature art journal Heron Dance, and he
is editor and/or illustrator of more than twenty books--including The
Heron Dance Book of Love and Gratitude, The Man Who Planted Trees
and Kristen's Wilderness--that explore the
human connection to the natural world.
His work has appeared in a number of magazines and is also in the permanent collection of the Hallie
Ford Museum of Art in Salem, Oregon. Roderick makes his work available without
charge to wilderness protection groups and other nonprofits, and his art has
been used by more than 150 organizations in their fundraising and outreach
efforts. Roderick divides his time between the Heron Dance
offices in North Ferrisburgh, Vermont, and his cabin in a wildlife
sanctuary in New York’s Adirondacks.
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