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About Ruby McConnell

RUBY MCCONNELL is the author of A Woman's Guide to the Wild; she's also a geologist environmental advocate and dancer. Her work has appeared in Grain Magazine Misadventures Magazine Oregon Quarterly Seattle Backpackers Magazine Bird Watcher's Digest and Fungi Magazine among others. Ruby believes that positive outdoor experiences are the key to healthy living and protecting the environment and is committed to breaking down barriers that prevent all kinds of people from being outside. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Grain Literary Journal Oregon Humanities Magazine and Mother Earth News and was awarded an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship in 2016. She is almost always in the woods of the Pacific Northwest but you can find her online  @RubyGoneWild.