Contributors

Mia Patteri is an eight-year-old girl studying in second grade. She hails from Bengaluru in south India where she lives with her parents and her younger sister. Mia developed an initial interest in painting and writing when she started hand-making birthday cards for her classmates since her pre-school days. Waldorf education has helped Mia develop...

Beccy Tanner is a fourth generation Kansan, USA. Currently, she teaches Kansas history classes at Wichita State University, writes and, in her spare time, leads bus trips on the backroads of Kansas.

Shannon Wild is an Australian based in Africa, working wherever wildlife calls. She’s a passionate wildlife lover and conservationist at heart with a need for technical excellence in what she does. Since 2004 she’s worked as a wildlife photographer, cinematographer, and speaker for organizations such as NatGeo Wild, WildAid, United Nations as well as various...

Gunnar Tryggmo is an internationally known Swedish wildlife artist who specializes in birds and mammals from northern Europe. Gunnar explains his early fascination with nature and how he became a wildlife artist. Watercolors are his preferred medium.

Faizel is a wildlife photographer, writer, conservationist and international safari guide. Growing up in South Africa allowed Faizel to develop a deep love and connection to nature. Through his photography and writing, he seeks to tell stories that connect his audience to our planet’s last remaining wildernesses and the creatures that call these great wildernesses...

Santiago is an Argentinian nature photographer who lived in New Zealand in 2018 and 2019, currently living in Australia. He was educated as a photographer at CEF (Centro de Estudios Fotograficos -Photographic Center Studies) in Córdoba and he studied cinematography for ten years at UNC (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba-Cordoba National University). He has also learnt...

Bree Hokana was born and raised in southern California and has lived quite a unique and different life. Her mother Dana is a world-renowned horse trainer and clinician and instilled in Bree the virtues of hard work and dedication. Bree has had a stellar career of showing horses and has many titles and accomplishments in...

Sue Hains moved to Costa Rica two and a half years ago and became a volunteer with DAWG (Domestic Animal Welfare Group, a non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing and rehoming cats and dogs), ASOMACAO, (a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of parrots in Costa Rica), and an informal volunteer group which meets twice a...