Tucson Festival of Books

The Nature of Things


Authors Mimi Zieman, Steve Hoffman and Neil Greenfieldboyce come to the festival after traveling to the edges of the world. How have their experiences in nature influenced them to provide a new perspective on the past and how we view the future?


Panelists
Nell Greenfieldboyce

Nell Greenfieldboyce is a correspondent at NPR, where her reporting focuses on general science, ranging from astronomy to geology to biology. She often covers the intersection between science, technology and society....

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Steve Hoffman

Author of "A Season For That," Steve Hoffman is a Minnesota tax preparer and food writer. His writing has won multiple national awards, including the 2019 James Beard M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award....

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Mimi Zieman

Doctor Mimi Zieman is the author of an award-winning memoir, "Tap Dancing on Everest," and a play: The Post-Roe Monologues. As an OB/GYN, she has also co-authored 17 editions of Managing Contraception....

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Books:
Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life
Notes on the Science of Life
Nell Greenfieldboyce
Science / Medicine / Technology
W.W. Norton, Incorporated
January 2024
ISBN 9780393882346
224 pages
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A Season for That
Lost and Found in the Other Southern France
Steve Hoffman
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Crown
July 2024
ISBN 9780593240281
368 pages
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Tap Dancing on Everest
Mimi Zieman
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Falcon
April 2024
ISBN 9781493078431
244 pages
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