Lyanda Lynn Haupt is an award-winning author, naturalist, ecophilosopher and speaker whose work explores the beautiful, complicated connections between humans and the wild, natural world. The Seattle-based writer is acclaimed for combining scientific knowledge with literary, poetic prose.
Lyanda’s work is grounded in observation and interweaves personal experience with science, myth, spirit, craft and art. She’s written six books; her latest — Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit — came out in 2021. She is a winner of the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, the Nautilus Book Award, a finalist for the Orion Book Award, and a two-time winner of the Washington State Book Award. In addition, Lyanda has created and directed educational programs for Seattle Audubon, worked in raptor rehabilitation in Vermont, and as a seabird researcher for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the remote tropical Pacific.
