Biography

JEFF RENNICKE  is an award-winning writer, photographer and teacher.
He is the author of over 300 magazine articles for such publications as National
Geographic Traveler, Backpacker, Reader’s Digest and many others. His writing
on destinations all over the world has twice been given gold medals in the
Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition sponsored by the Society of
American Travel Writers.

“Rennicke’s powers of observation are the strength of his writing,”
says former Backpacker Executive Editor Tom Shealey. “It’s being
able to see things other writers can’t.

He is also the author or co-author of ten books including Isle Royale:
Moods, Magic, & Mystique (Winner of the prestigious “Director’s Award”
for best book on a national park), Treasures of Alaska: The Last Great
American Wilderness(published by the National Geographic Society) and
most recently Jewels on the Water: Lake Superior’s Apostle Islands. His
other books include Bears of Alaska in Life & Legend (Roberts Rinehart),
Spirit of the Hills (GSMNHA), three volumes of the Colorado Geographic
Series, and others. His photography has appeared in such publications
as Backpacker, National Geographic Traveler, Reader’s Digest and
many others.

“Jeff Rennicke’s voice is informed, insightful and lyric,” says Kevin
Klose, formerly of The Washington Post, now president and CEO of
National Public Radio.

Rennicke’s work has taken him to many of the wildest places on five
continents — crawling into the dens of hibernating black bears in Colorado,
hang gliding over North Carolina’s Outer Banks, river rafting in China,
exploring the Antarctic peninsula on a Russian research vessel, searching
the canyons of Utah for hidden rock art, kayaking alone down the rivers of
Alaska’s Brooks Range, skiing through Minnesota’s BWCAW at -30 degrees,
and shooting the rapids of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon
by dory.

“Rennicke has been there, and he writes vividly about where he has been – with
respect and affection for both landscape and language.” — Stephen Trimble,
author of Blessed by Light.