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| Born | February 7, 1951 Flint, Michigan |
| Occupation | Author, journalist |
| Nationality | American |
Richard "Dick" Manning is an American environmental author and journalist who writes about music, neuroscience, and agriculture.
Richard Manning | |
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| Born | February 7, 1951 Flint, Michigan |
| Occupation | Author, journalist |
| Nationality | American |
Richard "Dick" Manning is an American environmental author and journalist who writes about music, neuroscience, and agriculture.
Manning is the author of 11 books [1] and has worked as a journalist, reporter and editor for more than 40 years, [2] including four years at the Missoulian . [3] In 1995 he was the recipient of a John S. Knight Fellowship from Stanford University. [4] He is a three-time winner of the Seattle Times C.B. Blethen Award for Investigative Journalism, and also won the Audubon Society Journalism Award and the inaugural Richard J. Margolis Award in 1992. [5]
He writes frequently about the environment, neuroscience and music. He was a senior research associate at the National Native Children's Trauma Center based at the University of Montana, where he wrote about trauma and poverty. In addition to his eleven books, his articles have been published in Harper's Magazine , The New York Times , The Los Angeles Times , Audubon [6] and The Bloomsbury Review . [3]
He lives with his wife, Tracy Stone-Manning, [3] in Montana and Washington, D.C.
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