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Mike Stark is a former reporter for the Associated Press and the Billings Gazette and author of “Chasing the Ghost Bear: On the Trail of America’s Lost Super Beast” (winner of the 2023 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award) and "Wrecked in Yellowstone: Greed, Obsession, and the Untold Story of Yellowstone’s Most Infamous Shipwreck." His new book "The Derelict Light" is his debut novel. Mike lives in Tucson and is the creative director for the Center for Biological Diversity.
Awards: 2023 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for previous book ("Chasing the Ghost Bear")
Communities: Arizona Author, Tucsonan