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.

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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.

I have written about natural history on this website for a decade. Click on ‘Features’ or go to Articles.

I also write fiction focusing on natural history and folklore, both short stories and novels. I’m currently at work on a series about a pirate naturalist.

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I was a guest on the Planet B612 Podcast :: Listen Here

KNKX interviewed me about my book, invertebrates and InverteFest :: A world of wonder: Celebrating invertebrates at low tide

I was a guest on the Mongabay podcast :: Finding Nature in Cities

Missed my ‘How to be a Naturalist’ event? WATCH HERE

If you missed my conversation with Seattle Audubon you can WATCH HERE

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

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