Dwight Holing lives and writes in California. He is the author of California Works, an award-winning collection of short fiction, and numerous nonfiction books on the environment, natural history, and travel. His short stories and essays have appeared in literary journals, including Arts & Letters, Cold Mountain Review, Cutthroat, Phoebe, and Oregon Quarterly. His nonfiction articles have been published in Audubon, Discover, Los Angeles Times, and Outside, among many others.