Jack Wennerstrom

Jack Wennerstrom is a writer, teacher, and naturalist living near Baltimore, Maryland, whose essays, articles and books over the past 25 years have received wide acclaim. His first book, Soldiers Delight Journal (U. of Pittsburgh Press, 1995), about a globally rare ecosystem near his home, and with a Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson, was called "quietly brilliant" by the Baltimore Sun. This was followed by Leaning Sycamores (Johns Hopkins U. Press, 1996), a lyrical probe of the upper Potomac River, which was nominated for The John Burroughs Medal, the highest award granted for a popular book in the natural sciences.

While working as a teacher and naturalist at both Loyola College of Baltimore and BioTrek Naturalists, Inc., between 1998 and 2006, Wennerstrom wrote four controversial books: three novels (Black Coffee, Home Ground, and Pheasant Alley) plus New Millennium Journal, a sequel to his first book. All explore the boundaries between hopefulness and despair in our increasingly complex and stressful modern world.