Donna O'Meara

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Award winning writer, author, photographer and Volcano Expert DONNA O'MEARA is recognized world wide for her award winning, science writing, photography and research. In 1994 O'Meara and her husband Steve founded VOLCANO WATCH INTERNATIONAL in Volcano Village, Hawaii to study Earth's active volcanoes. O'Meara has climbed nearly 100 of Earth's erupting volcanoes to search for secrets that might help predict future eruptions and save lives. O'Meara is a National Geographic Society Contract Photographer and Videographer. O'Meara is among a select group of international explorers supported by The National Geographic Expeditions Council. O'Meara has been the subject of four National Geographic Television documentaries and appeared in dozens of others. Her volcano images have appeared in dozens of magazines including NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AND LIFE. She is the author of seven books about volcanoes including the quadruple -award winning book INTO THE VOLCANO (2005-KIDS CAN PRESS). In 2007 O'Meara was given a national award as a "Powerful Woman Who is Changing The World.

CITY SMART MAGAZINE (AUG/SEPT 2007- www.citysmartmagazine.com) has chosen "22 contemporary 'Powerful Women Changing the World' from a wide variety of cultures who embody what they consider attributes of powerful women. These women have become role models for a whole new generation."

---Janie Franz, City Smart Magazine

Those women selected include: Donna O'Meara, volcano researcher and award-winning writer/photographer/speaker from Hawaii; NY Senator - Hillary Clinton; Philanthropist -Melinda Gates; Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi; The Chancellor of Germany - Angela Merkel and The President of Liberia - Ellen Johnson-Serleaf.

O'Meara's photographs, videos, and samples of volcanic rock are part of the permanent archives of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1996 the O'Mearas were honored to represent the Smithsonian Institution in its prime time TV documentary "Incredible Journey: The 150th Anniversary of the Smithsonian Institution. O'Meara lives happily her husband Steve and little dog Daisy Duke in the rainforest atop Kilauea Volcano ---the most active volcano in the world. O'Meara is a graduate of Harvard University in Cambridge, MA where she majored in journalism and marketing and business management.

O'Meara's writing career spans two decades and her award winning books are distributed all over the world. O'Meara has written and photographed six books to date that are distributed internationally and sell well including:

1) VOLCANO: A VISUAL GUIDE-Firefly Books, Canada 2007;

2) VOLCANO: PORTRAIT OF A WORLD ON FIRE-Cassell Publishing, London, England 2007;

3) INTO THE VOLCANO : A VOLCANO RESEARCHER AT WORK (ages 7-14) Kids Can Press, 2005/2007;

4) Discovery Channel Travel Adventure Series Books, Caves, Canyons, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park; Discovery Communications, Inc. 1999;

5) Discovery Channel School Activity Books (age 7-14) Land and Water, In The Flood Zone: The World's Ten worst Floods Discovery Communications, Inc. 1998;

6) VOLCANOES: Passion and Fury, Sky Publishing 1994.

O'Meara has written about and/or photographed volcanoes and other science topics for: National Geographic Magazine-Washington, D.C.;LIFE Magazine-New York, New York; Scholastic Storyworks Magazine; Spirit Of Aloha Magazine-Hawaii; Hawaii Magazine -National; Pacific Connections Magazine; Odyssey! Science Magazine; Science Probe Magazine among others

O'Meara frequently appears on both national and international major network television networks in documentaries about her and her work. O'Meara will use all of her television contacts to produce HEART OF FIRE as a television program. O'Meara's ground-breaking volcano research and award-winning writing and photography have been the subject of dozens of international and national television documentaries produced by such organizations as National Geographic Television, NOVA, The Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, BBC, CBS, NBC and MSNBC.

DONNA O'MEARA and her research have been the subject of the following television documentaries: 2007- National Geographic Television's MOON MYSTERIES WITH DONNA O'MEARA ;

2004 & 2005 -National Geographic Television's INSIDE BASE CAMP WITH DONNA O'MEARA;

2003 & 2004-National Geographic Television's; EXPLORER-- VOLCANO HUNTERS WITH DONNA O'MEARA;

2001-National Geographic Television's; NEWS TODAY WITH DONNA O'MEARA;

2001- The Travel Channel's-HOTLAVA WITH DONNA O'MEARA;

2000 -The Learning Channel's DISASTER DETECTIVES WITH DONNA O'MEARA;

2000-Ripley's Believe It Or Not Television's : VOLCANO WITH DONNA O'MEARA in Guatemala; 1999--Inside Edition TV feature on Donna O'Meara volcano;

1998--BBC Europe Television's Savage Earth with Donna O'Meara;

1997 CBS Television's Incredible Journey-The 150th Anniversary Smithsonian Institution featuring Donna O'Meara.

O'Meara has received the highest awards for her writing and images including:

2006 WINNER: Notable Book for a Global Society (Outstanding K-12 Literature) presented by the International Reading Association for INTO THE VOLCANO by Donna O'Meara Kids Can press/

2005; 2005 WINNER: INTO THE VOLCANO by Donna O'Meara Kids Can press/

2005. chosen as Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best 2005. Chicago Public Library's most outstanding titles for children and young adults that belong in every library and home;

WINNER 2005: INTO THE VOLCANO by Donna O'Meara Kids Can press/

2005; WINNER 2005 NSTA- The National Science Teacher's Association chose O'Meara's INTO THE VOLCANO as an Outstanding Non-Fiction Book for 2005.

PLEASE VISIT THE ATTACHED WEB SITES TO READ MORE ABOUT DONNA O'MEARA.

See stories and photos at these sites:

http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/survival-video/volcano.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/0102_030103_kilauea.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/photogalleries/kilauea/index.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/02/0215_020215_volcanohunter.html

http://www.spiritofaloha.com/features/0702/beauty.html

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/wallpaper/pahoehoe-lava-volcano.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/090325-volcano-cyclones.html