Susan Cerulean is an American naturalist and writer. She authored a book about environmental issues facing

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s and wrote about environmental issues in her

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, ''Coming to Pass''.

Biography

She has a bachelor’s degree in biology from

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and received a master's degree in

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from the

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. She worked for an environmental organization and then as a lobbyist for environmental group in Tallahassee before taking a position with the

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(FFWCC). Her projects with the state agency included the development of a Florida Wildlife Viewing Guide. WFSU's Tom Flanagan described her as "one of North Florida's most celebrated nature writers." Her husband is

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Jeff Chanton.

Selected works

*''I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird: A Daughter’s Memoir'' (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)

References

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