Susan Cerulean

Susan Cerulean
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Florida
Genre	Non-fiction
Subject	Environment

Susan Cerulean is an American naturalist and writer. She authored a book about environmental issues facing swallow-tailed kites and wrote about environmental issues in her memoir, Coming to Pass. ^[1]

Biography

She has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Eckerd College and received a master's degree in horticulture from the University of Florida. She worked for an environmental organization and then as a lobbyist for environmental group in Tallahassee before taking a position with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC). Her projects with the state agency included the development of a Florida Wildlife Viewing Guide. ^[2]

WFSU's Tom Flanagan described her as "one of North Florida's most celebrated nature writers." ^[3]

Her husband is oceanographer Jeff Chanton. ^[2]

Selected works

• I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird: A Daughter’s Memoir ^[4] (2020)
• Coming to Pass: Florida's Coastal Islands in a Gulf of Change University of Georgia Press (2015)
• Tracking Desire: A Journey After Swallow-Tailed Kites, University of Georgia Press (2005) ^[5]

References

1. Anderson, Elise (December 27, 2016). "Earth Advocate Susan Cerulean Speaks Out On Climate Change In "Coming to Pass"". WUFT. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
2. Jones, Courteney (April 5, 2015). "Susan Cerulean speaks up for Florida in memoir". Tallahassee Democrat.
3. "Susan Cerulean Connects Personal And Universal Ecologies In Her Latest Book". WFSU News. October 13, 2020.
4. Bancroft, Colette (November 7, 2020). "Susan Cerulean's memoir mourns decline of father, planet". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
5. Cerulean, Susan (November 21, 2005). Tracking Desire: A Journey After Swallow-tailed Kites. University of Georgia Press. ISBN   9780820326979 – via Google Books.