Personal Web site link: www.kirksbooks.net
The Wonder of It All
by Don Kirk
Hometown:
Palo Cedro, California
Place of Birth:
CaZon City, Colorado
Church Affiliation:
Redding Christian Fellowship
Number of Years Writing:
34
List of Other Publications and Year Published:

Books: Wild Edible Plants of Western North America, by Donald R Kirk, illustrated by Janice Kirk
Cherish the Earth: The Environment & Scripture, by Janice E Kirk and Donald R Kirk, illustrated by Janice, cover photo by Donald.
Articles: 30 articles on the outdoors published by River World.
1 article in SportSource, published by World Publications.
Photography: Nature photos in Pacific Discovery (magazine), published by the Calif. Aca. of Sciences, and a college biology textbook published by The Benjamin/Cummings Co.
Education:
BS (U of Oregon, Eugene, 1959), MS (U of Oregon, Eugene, 1961), in biology and anthropology.
Employment:
US Fish & Wildlife Ser.; Nat. Park Ser.; Oceanography Dept., Oregon St. Univ in Corvallis; Boise Junior College (now Boise State) in Idaho; Shasta Community College in Redding, CA; self-employed writer/nature photographer.
Family:
Wife, Janice, for 47 years, two children, three grandchildren.
Additional Info:

Don and Jan, with their two children, have extensively explored and camped through the American West. I photograph the diversity of Creation, while Jan sketches it. For several summers we were on the teaching staff at Holden Village (ELCA), Lake Chelan, WA. I was Village Naturalist and Jan taught writing and watercolor classes. We edited and published the Christian Naturalist Newsletter from 1984-1986. Both Don and Jan attended the Mt. Hermon Christian Writers Conf. (California) in 2002, 2003, 2004. Don is a member of the Redding Writers Forum, the Quills of Faith (a group of Christian writers), the Nature Conservancy, the California Native Plant Society, and several other outdoor oriented organizations.