Chris Bohjalian

Chris Bohjalian is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 22 books. His work has been translated into 35 languages and become three movies and a TV series.

We have reviewed Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands here.

Kate Brown

Kate Brown is a Professor of Science, Technology and Society at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has written numerous books about topics ranging from linguistic mapping, the production of nuclear weapons, and the health and environmental consequences of nuclear fallout from the Chernobyl disaster. One of Kate’s latest books is entitled Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future.

Kate Brown’s research interests illuminate the point where history, science, technology and bio-politics converge to create large-scale disasters and modernist wastelands. She has written four books about topics ranging from population politics, linguistic mapping, the production of nuclear weapons and concomitant utopian communities, the health and environmental consequences of nuclear fallout from the Chernobyl disaster to narrative innovations of history writing in the 21st century. She is currently exploring the history of what she calls “plant people:” indigenes, peasants and maverick scientists who understood long before others that plants communicate, have sensory capacities, and possess the capacity for memory and intelligence. She teaches environmental history, Cold War history, and creative non-fiction history writing.

John G. Fuller

John G. Fuller, an author and investigative journalist, was known for his ability to obtain government documents that were used in his books. Fuller’s most recognized books were We Almost Lost Detroit (1975) and The Day We Bombed Utah (1984).

Matthew 'Mat' Stein

Author, engineer, designer, and green builder, Matthew Stein was born and raised in Burlington Vermont. Stein appeared on numerous radio and television programs and was a repeat guest on Fox News, MSNBC, Lionel, Coast-to-Coast AM, and the Thom Hartmann Show. He wrote several articles on the subject of sustainable living and was a guest columnist for the Huffington Post, and blogged for Mother Earth News.

In 2000 Matthew published his first book, When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance and Planetary Survival. He authored a second survival handbook, When Disaster Strikes: A Comprehensive Guide for Emergency Planning and Crisis Survival, eleven years later. Beyond providing valuable information on keeping one’s self and loved ones safe in the event of crisis, Matthew’s books displayed a profound awareness of the turbulence that would come in the twenty-first century: the threat of declining oil production and the ravages of climate change and ecological decline. Rather than resign himself to these disturbing trends, Matthew sought to provide friends, neighbors, and the community at large with the tools they need to survive and thrive, and to bring about a more sustainable way of living. As he wrote in an interview two years ago, “It is my hope that many millions of people will wake up to the realization that making the shift to sustainability is a matter of economic and ecological survival.”

Chelsea Green Publishing

Founded in 1984, Chelsea Green Publishing is recognized as a leading publisher of books on the politics and practice of sustainable living, publishing authors who bring in-depth, practical knowledge to life, and give readers hands-on information related to organic farming and gardening, permaculture, ecology, the environment, simple living, food, sustainable business and economics, green building, and more.