ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Hi, I’m Francesca, a published author, nature writer, and environmentalist based in Portland, Oregon.
ENVIRONMENTAL NOVELS
My environmentally themed novels explore topics like climate change, pollution, and the human place in nature.
NATURE WRITING BLOG
I write weekly blog posts celebrating the beauty of the Pacific Northwest through poetry, prose-poetry, and lyrical narratives.
Environmental FICTION
Award-Winning Novels About the Natural World
My books range from realistic fiction to sci-fi, taking readers from Oregon forests to dystopian trash islands to alien planets. I’m honored to be the recipient of the 2019 Independent Publisher Book Award for Science Fiction and the 2014 Moonbeam Bronze Medal for Best First Book.
BROWSE BOOKS
Looking for your next read? Check out my environmental novels!
Nature writing blog
A Blog Celebrating the Outdoors
My nature writing blog explores the human connection to the more-than-human world, inviting readers to develop a sense-of-place by learning more about the plants and animals around them.
Recent Blog Posts
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City Walk
276 wordsI walk down the sidewalk, the sun starting to grow hazy with sunset, the roads quiet, the pavement textured with needles from old-world cedars and cigarette crumbs and the basal leaves of dandelions, and I hear the echoed voices of people in their backyards, sitting on their porches, drinking wine by the hydrangeas, and every…
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