Jan DeBlieu
Encyclopedia
Jan DeBlieu is an American writer whose work often focuses on how people are shaped by the landscapes in which they live. Her own writing has been influenced by her adopted home in the Outer Banks
of North Carolina
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She is the author of four books including Hatteras Journal, Meant to Be Wild, Wind (which won the John Burroughs Medal
for Distinguished Natural History Writing, the highest national honor for that genre) and Year of the Comets (which was excerpted in the Washington Post). She also has written for Smithsonian, The New York Times Magazine, Audubon, and Orion.
In 2003 she was named the Cape Hatteras Coastkeeper for the North Carolina Coastal Federation, a post which she holds to this day. She has used her love of landscape to form unusual partnerships in which liberals and conservatives work in concert to restore the natural landscape.
In addition to her books she has published dozens of articles and essays in national magazines and journals. Her work has been widely anthologized.
In 2006, she was featured in the book Bedrock: Writers on the Wonders of Geology edited by Lauret E. Savoy, Eldridge M. Moores
, and Judith E. Moores (Trinity University Press) which looks at how writing pays a tribute to the Earth's geological features.
Outer Banks
The Outer Banks is a 200-mile long string of narrow barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina, beginning in the southeastern corner of Virginia Beach on the east coast of the United States....
of North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
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She is the author of four books including Hatteras Journal, Meant to Be Wild, Wind (which won the John Burroughs Medal
John Burroughs Medal
The John Burroughs Medal, named for nature writer John Burroughs , is awarded each year in April by the John Burroughs Association to the author of a book that the association has judged to be distinguished in the field of natural history....
for Distinguished Natural History Writing, the highest national honor for that genre) and Year of the Comets (which was excerpted in the Washington Post). She also has written for Smithsonian, The New York Times Magazine, Audubon, and Orion.
In 2003 she was named the Cape Hatteras Coastkeeper for the North Carolina Coastal Federation, a post which she holds to this day. She has used her love of landscape to form unusual partnerships in which liberals and conservatives work in concert to restore the natural landscape.
In addition to her books she has published dozens of articles and essays in national magazines and journals. Her work has been widely anthologized.
In 2006, she was featured in the book Bedrock: Writers on the Wonders of Geology edited by Lauret E. Savoy, Eldridge M. Moores
Eldridge M. Moores
Eldridge Moores is an American geologist who specializes in the understanding of ophiolites and the geology of the continental crust of the Western United States and Tethyan belt, the geology of Greece, Cyprus, and Pakistan, and the tectonic development of the Sierra Nevada...
, and Judith E. Moores (Trinity University Press) which looks at how writing pays a tribute to the Earth's geological features.