For twenty-five years, DAVID GESSNER has reported from climate hotspots, from the Gulf of Mexico during the BP oil spill, to fracking towns and fires in the West, to the fragile Outer Banks where homes are being swallowed by the seas. He has been recognized for changing the face of nature writing, both in his own work and through the magazine he founded, Ecotone. The Washington Post writes: “For nature-writing enthusiasts, Gessner needs no introduction. His books and essays have in many ways redefined what it means to write about the natural world, coaxing the genre from a staid, sometimes wonky practice to one that is lively and often raucous.” Gessner is the author of twelve books that blend a love of nature, humor, memoir, and environmentalism, including the New York Times bestseller All the Wild That Remains and his latest, A Traveler's Guide to the End of the World: Tales of Fire, Wind, and Water. A professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, his magazine publications include pieces in the New York Times Magazine, Outside, Sierra, American Scholar, Audubon, Orion, and many other magazines, and his prizes include a Pushcart Prize and the John Burroughs Award for Best Nature Essay for his essay “Learning to Surf.” In 2017 he hosted the National Geographic Explorer show “The Call of the Wild.” He is married to the novelist Nina de Gramont, whose latest book is The Christie Affair.