Penn, Briony

PENN, BRIONY has spent the last twenty-two years working as an award-winning newspaper and magazine columnist/ illustrator, having published over 400 columns on natural/cultural history in regional newspapers and magazines, including “Wild Side” for Monday Magazine and “Natural Relations” for Focus. She received a Western Magazine Award for Best Columnist and Feature Writer, won the Silver Environment Educator Award at the Canadian Environmental Awards and was nominated for best North American columnist in alternative weeklies. She lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. Her current release is a biography, The Real Thing: The Natural History of Ian McTaggart Cowan.