I write and edit books and magazine articles, specializing in business, natural resources, the environment, agriculture, technology, travel, and food and wine. I also produce marketing content, with an emphasis on ecommerce. My latest book, Game Changer: Animal Rights and the Fate of Africa's Wildlife, was published by the University of California Press in 2012. Previous books Include Through the Grapevine: The Real Story Behind America's Eight Billion Dollar Wine Industry, and The National Geographic Guide to Wildlife Watching. I've freelanced for more than 30 magazines, including Audubon, Discover, Sierra, Men's Journal, Wired, Islands, The Nature Conservancy Magazine, Science Digest, Cuisine, Gourmet, California (the alumni quarterly for the University of California at Berkeley), Notre Dame Magazine, Reader's Digest, National Wildlife, Sierra, Outside, and Trout. I've written for numerous websites, including those for the Stanford School of Engineering, O'Reilly Media, Forbes, Astound Commerce, CompanyWeek and Calmatters. I've blogged for the Huffington Post, I'm a contract blogger for California Magazine, and I was a contributing writer to California Lawyer Magazine. I also produce textual materials and consult on media placement, primarily for environmental organizations, educational institutions and government agencies. Clients include the Save the Redwoods League, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Hoover Institution, Kenwood Investments, Keybridge Communications, the Nature Conservancy, the California Water Impact Network, Advancing Conservation in a Social Context, California Audubon, the James Irvine Foundation, the League to Save Lake Tahoe, the San Francisco Estuary Institute, the Central Coast Rangeland Coalition, the Sonoma County Water Agency, the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District, Point Blue,The California Olive Oil Council and Public Good PR.

Covered regional, national and international environmental issues. I was the primary reporter for water, fisheries and natural resources. I filed both daily and enterprise pieces, including dispatches on coral reef bombing in the Philippines, the destruction of the boreal forest in Canada, and the decline of the African lion in Kenya and Tanzania.