Cynthia Barnett Bio
Her first book, Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S., published in 2007 by the University of Michigan Press, won the Gold medal for best nonfiction in the Florida Book Awards. The St. Petersburg Times called Mirage "one of the most important books to hit our state in a very long time." "In the days before the Internet," the Times said in its review, "books like Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and Marjory Stoneman Douglas’ River of Grass were groundbreaking calls to action that made citizens and politicians take notice. Mirage is such a book."
Cynthia will be speaking in honor of OLA VERDE on Saturday, February 14th. Location to be announced.
