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The 2012 Fox Cities Reads is underway! Pick up a copy of Make the Impossible Possible by Bill Strickland at your local library and join in community-wide discussions about the book. The author will visit the Fox Cities April 16-18 during the Fox Cities Book Festival.
The Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators (1998), is a collection of essays about animals Grice had encountered in the countryside where he grew up. Since that time, his work has appeared in many national magazines, such as The New Yorker, Discover, and GQ. His writing has also been published in collections, such as The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2002. His most recent book is Deadly Kingdom: the Book of Dangerous Animals (2010).
Author Biography
As soon as Gordon Grice learned to read, he knew he wanted to be a writer. As an adult, he first believed he would be "an artistic sort of writer, doomed to make my living at a day job while scribbling on the side." His publications included a chapbook of poetry and essays in literary magazines. But when one of his essays was reprinted in Harper's Magazine, his work caught the attention of a literary agent. Grice and the agent worked together to develop a concept for a book, the concept sold, and Grice found himself at the beginning of a new writing career. The resulting book, The Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators (1998), is a collection of essays about animals Grice had encountered in the countryside where he grew up. Since that time, his work has appeared in many national magazines, such as The New Yorker, Discover, and GQ. His writing has also been published in collections, such as The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2002. His most recent book is Deadly Kingdom: the Book of Dangerous Animals (2010).
Grice grew up in Oklahoma. He earned his undergraduate degree from Oklahoma State University and his MFA from the University of Arkansas.
Additional Information
- Gordon Grice's blog Deadly Kingdom
- Gordon Grice on Facebook
- Gordon Grice's Amazon page
Stories of humans and other animals in conflict. A few samples:
- Azaria Chamberlain, snatched by a dingo, her mother’s cry for help immortalized by Meryl Streep.
- The crew of the USS Indianapolis: having delivered the fuel for the atomic bomb that would destroy Hiroshima, the ship was destroyed by a Japanese torpedo. Sharks devoured hundreds of men before rescuers arrived.
- “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, stabbed through the heart by a stingray.
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