Skye Moody

Skye Moody is the award-winning author of 8 novels about endangered species, and 3 books of nonfiction.

Moody has traveled throughout the world as a photojournalist and writer covering social justice and environmental issues. Moody's recently re-released book, "Hillbilly Women" was produced Off-Broadway in 2011, and won a Mademoiselle Woman of the Year Award. Her book, "WASHED UP, The Curious Journeys of Flotsam and Jetsam," was awarded a Notable Book by the Washington State Library Association, and resulted in her being named an international coastal Character" by Coastal Living Magazine. Her portraits of working people in China, the former USSR, and the US have been exhibited worldwide. She received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for her book "FRUITS OF OUR LABOR, US and Soviet Workers Talk About Making a Living". Moody is a member of PEN American Center, PEN West, and the UK-based Cloudspotter's Society, and is Africa Liaison for the NGO, Global Help Organization. A former East Africa bush guide, Moody led medical safaris into the Kenya and Tanzania bush to help diagnose and treat tropical diseases afflicting tribal villages.