Jordan Fisher Smith

Jordan Fisher Smith spent 21 years as a park ranger and firefighter in California, Idaho, Wyoming, and Alaska. His 2016 nonfiction book ENGINEERING EDEN won a 2017 California Book Award and was longlisted for the 2017 PEN/E.O. Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing. In 2019, when ENGINEERING EDEN was published in paperback, OUTSIDE Magazine listed it as one of "10 Outdoor Books that Shaped the Last Decade." Smith's previous book, NATURE NOIR, was a Booksense Bestseller, an Audubon Magazine Editor's Choice, and a San Francisco Chronicle Best Books of 2005 pick. Jordan has written for THE NEW YORKER, TIME.com, THE DAILY BEAST, DISCOVER, and MEN'S JOURNAL, and is a principal cast member and narrator of a film about Lyme disease, "Under Our Skin," which made the 2010 Oscar Shortlist for Best Documentary Feature. Jordan Fisher Smith now writes, speaks, and teaches nonfiction writing from his home in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. To write to Jordan go to jordanfishersmith.com.