Nature Obscura: A City’s Hidden Natural World is out now from Mountaineers Books. Order now on IndieBound, Powells, Third Place Books, Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Book Depository in Europe.

My freelance writing on natural history has appeared in National Wildlife Magazine, Crosscut, Popular Science and others. You can find them on the Freelance page.

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I sat down with Tanja Petersen and Sam Perrin from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology to talk about urban ecology: APPRECIATING THE NATURE ON OUR DOORSTEP WITH KELLY BRENNER 

Watch Kelly Brenner with Lyanda Lynn Haupt at Town Hall Seattle

Outside Online recommended Nature Obscura in their article ‘Books and Podcasts to Fix Your Nature Deprivation‘

The Revelator included Nature Obscura in their article ‘14 Inspiring New Environmental Books to Read During the Pandemic‘

Nature Obscura was recommended by Jeff VanderMeer on this list of nature books from the Audubon Society

Nature Obscura was featured in the Seattle Times: New book ‘Nature Obscura’ shows where Mother Nature is hidden in Seattle 

Shelf Awareness reviewed Nature Obscura

The Well-Read Naturalist gave Nature Obscura a very moving and heartfelt review: Comfort Me With Nature