As a writer, I distill complex, intertwined issues into clear prose that guides readers toward understanding and action.
I recently spent a year as a Pulitzer Center StoryReach U.S. fellow, completing a reporting project about toxic hazards in and from firefighting. That research grew out of a 2022 article series on the devastating impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS in Maine, completed with support from the Doris O’Donnell Innovations in Investigative Journalism Fellowship.
My latest book, Inescapable: Facing up to Forever Chemicals, will be published in March 2026 by Johns Hopkins University Press.
I’ve worked as a newspaper columnist (see the “Sea Change” archives at left), magazine and book editor, and environmental communications consultant. I’ve also served as a senior planner in state government.
The author of Turning to Earth: Stories of Ecological Conversion (University of Virginia Press), I hold a Ph.D. in natural resources and an MA in English/creative nonfiction writing (both from the University of New Hampshire), and an interdisciplinary honors BA from Brown University.
