Lorraine Anderson Editor & Author

Lorraine Anderson a freelance writer and editor with a special interest in connecting people with nature, has lived in the Willamette Valley since 2005. She edited Sisters of the Earth: Women’s Prose and Poetry about Nature and Earth and Eros: A Celebration in Words and Photographs; co-edited Literature and the Environment: A Reader on Nature and Culture and At Home on This Earth: Two Centuries of U.S. Women’s Nature Writing; and co-authored Cooking with Sunshine.

Abby Phillips Metzger is a writer, paddler, and dog lover. She grew up near the Willamette River in Corvallis, USA, and still lives here. She earned her Honors English degree and master’s in environmental science from Oregon State University, USA. In addition to her current job as a writer and research communicator at OSU, she has worked in journalism, book publishing, and environmental education. She worked as an outreach coordinator for Honoring Our Rivers, a student anthology of art and literature celebrating Oregon watersheds. She also facilitates nature interpretation for children and adults during raft trips down the Willamette, USA. Meander Scars is her first book.