Tucson Festival of Books

Writing Animals


Animals have always been a source of fascination to their human counterparts. Whether revered, elusive, or reviled, members of the animal kingdom enrich our understanding of the world we live in. Join this group of authors in a lively discussion about animals and their roles in nature, culture, and history.


Panelists
Theodore Fleming

Theodore H. Fleming is a professor emeritus of biology at the University of Miami. He is the author of several books, including his most recent title "Birds, Bats, and Blooms: The Coevolution of Vertebrate Pollinators and Their Plants....

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Leslie Patten

Leslie Patten has worked as a horticulturist, habitat specialist and landscape designer. She did volunteer work at the Draper Lab in the Buffalo Bill Museum of the West in Cody, WY preparing bird and mammal specimens, completing a herbarium, and measuring wolf skulls for scientific research....

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Mike Stark

Mike Stark is the author of "Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird," which chronicles our love-hate relationship with this pesky introduced bird. He is a former environmental reporter for the Associated Press and newspapers around the West....

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Books:
Birds, Bats, and Blooms
The Coevolution of Vertebrate Pollinators and Their Plants
Theodore Fleming
Nature / Environment
University of Arizona Press
January 2024
ISBN 9780816553723
254 pages
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Ghostwalker
Tracking a Mountain Lion's Soul Through Science and Story
Leslie Patten
Nature / Environment
University of Nebraska Press
October 2024
ISBN 9781496238474
310 pages
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Starlings
The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird
Mike Stark
Nature / Environment
University of Nebraska Press
January 2025
ISBN 9781496242020
248 pages
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