Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014) was an American writer and naturalist who famously cofounded
The Paris Review as a cover for his work as a CIA agent. He won National Book Awards for
The Snow Leopard and
Shadow Country: A New Rendering of the Watson Legend, making him the only author to have received the honor in both the nonfiction and fiction categories.
Birgit Freybe Bateman is an award-winning photographer from H xter, Germany. Her images have appeared in numerous exhibitions, magazines, and books. Some of her credits include Force Field: 77 Women Poets of British Columbia and End of the Earth: Voyaging to Antarctica. She lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. To learn more, visit birgitbateman.com.