
Her work has been called "spellbinding" (by
The New Yorker) and "beautifully written" (by
Outside magazine). A big welcome to Kim Todd, a new creative nonfiction addition to the Creative Writing Program faculty roster. Todd has written one book about that vagabond
Sparrow, another about a female naturalist who, in 1699, voyaged from Amsterdam to South America to study insect metamorphosis (
Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis), and her self-explanatory first,
Tinkering with Eden: A Natural History of Exotics in America. It's no surprise she holds masters in both environmental studies and creative writing (from the University of Montana). What led her there?
Read on.