I’m a creative nonfiction writer, an editor, and a lover of the written word.

Hello, I’m Adrienne.

As a creative nonfiction writer, my mission is to create beauty, raise questions, and inspire curiosity about our place in the world.

As an editor, my mission is to help other writers do this through nonfiction and fiction that’s accessible, inviting, and potentially popularly successful. Whether through developmental editing, line editing, or coaching, I partner with writers to keep readers turning the page.

As a (sub)urban naturalist, writer, and citizen scientist, my mission is to understand, enjoy, and help restore our still-lovely world.

I’ve had my head in a book since I was a kid, and now I get to have the fun of researching and writing books of my own. Turning Homeward: Restoring Hope and Nature in the Urban Wild was a Washington State Book Award Finalist in 2017. My second book (in progress) is about a small personal project—planting one thousand trees in the Puget Sound’s urban and suburban regions for climate change, stormwater prevention, and salmon habitat restoration.

In addition to writing about (sub)urban nature and citizen science, I also write memoirs, personal essays, travel essays, and other creative nonfiction with occasional forays into short stories. (A mystery novel lurks in my future.)

I publish a (more or less) quarterly newsletter with links to my published work; book reviews I write for the New York Journal of Books; calls for work, fellowships, and retreats; and updates on my tree planting project.