David Rains Wallace is an author of more than sixteen books on conservation and natural history, including The Monkey's Bridge (a 1997 New York Times Notable Book) and The Klamath Knot

The Klamath Knot

The Klamath Knot was written by David Rains Wallace.It is based on several of Wallace's journeys through the Klamath Mountains and specifically into the Siskiyou Wilderness...

(1984 Burroughs Medal). He has written articles for the National Geographic Society

National Geographic Society

The National Geographic Society , headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical...

, The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy is a US charitable environmental organization that works to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive....

, the Sierra Club

Sierra Club

The Sierra Club is the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. It was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by the conservationist and preservationist John Muir, who became its first president...

, and other groups. Wallace's work also has appeared in Harper's Magazine

Harper's Magazine

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, The New York Times

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, Sierrahttp://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/guidelines/writers.aspx, and other periodicals.

He was born in Charlottesville, Virginia

Virginia

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 in 1945. Wallace received a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...

 in Middletown, Connecticut

Middletown, Connecticut

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 and a master's from Mills College

Mills College

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 in Oakland, California

Oakland, California

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. He also undertook graduate work at Columbia University

Columbia University

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. Wallace lives in Berkeley, California

Berkeley, California

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.

Works

^{(In No Particular Order)}

• The Klamath Knot
• Beasts of Eden
• Travels in Alaska
• The Bonehunter's Revenge
• The Monkey's Bridge: Mysteries of Evolution in Central America (Trinity University Press, 2007)
• Nature Travel
• Neptune's Ark
• The Untamed Garden and Other Personal Essays
• The Quetzal and the Macaw (1992)
• The Turquoise Dragon (1985)

Awards

• The Klamath Knot
  The Klamath Knot
  The Klamath Knot was written by David Rains Wallace.It is based on several of Wallace's journeys through the Klamath Mountains and specifically into the Siskiyou Wilderness...
  
  was the winner of the 1984 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....
  
  , among other awards.
• The Monkey's Bridge was a 1997 New York Times Notable Book.