White desk with flowers and notebook, which Francesca Varela uses to write environmental novels

Francesca Varela

Nature Writer & Novelist

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hi, I’m Francesca, a published author, nature writer, and environmentalist based in Portland, Oregon.

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ENVIRONMENTAL NOVELS

My environmentally themed novels explore topics like climate change, pollution, and the human place in nature.

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White desk and notebook that Francesca Varela uses to write environmental fiction

NATURE WRITING BLOG

I write weekly blog posts celebrating the beauty of the Pacific Northwest through poetry, prose-poetry, and lyrical narratives.

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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.

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BROWSE BOOKS

Looking for your next read? Check out my environmental novels!

  • Canopy Sunlight

    1–2 minutes

    How many times have I walked through the forest and never noticed the face in the fallen tree, the lichen draped like brittle hair, the skin made of centuries of mud and fungi long exposed long cracked in the sun, the cheekbones made of desiccated roots, palled by spider-webs the lace reaching down the chin

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