Sharman Apt Russell: OnEarth Author

Sharman Apt Russell divides her time between Silver City, New Mexico and the countryside of Gila, New Mexico where she can walk directly to the Gila River. Her next book, Standing in the Light: My Life as a Pantheist (Basic Books), is due out in spring 2008. Recent books include Hunger: An Unnatural History, An Obsession with Butterflies, and Songs of the Fluteplayer.

Russell is widely anthologized and has received a number of prizes and awards, including a Rockefeller Fellowship. Her work has been translated into Italian, German, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Chinese and Russian. She teaches at Western New Mexico University and at Antioch University in Los Angeles.

She has two children, ages 20 and 23. Her husband, Peter Russell, is the city planner for Silver City.