Bruce Barcott

Bruce Barcott , a former Guggenheim Fellow in nonfiction, is a frequent contributor to The New York Times , Rolling Stone , National Geographic , The Atlantic Monthly , Outside magazine, and many other publications. The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw , his critically praised true story of a woman fighting a global corporation and a corrupt government to save the world's most beautiful bird, was reviewed on the front cover The New York Times Book Review, and has been adopted as a "One Book"...See more

Bruce Barcott , a former Guggenheim Fellow in nonfiction, is a frequent contributor to The New York Times , Rolling Stone , National Geographic , The Atlantic Monthly , Outside magazine, and many other publications. The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw , his critically praised true story of a woman fighting a global corporation and a corrupt government to save the world's most beautiful bird, was reviewed on the front cover The New York Times Book Review, and has been adopted as a "One Book" choice by a number of cities and colleges across the United States. His previous book, The Measure of a Mountain , earned the Washington State Governor's Award. He lives on an island near Seattle with his wife, the memoirist Claire Dederer, and their two children. See less