ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stephanie Mills is an author, lecturer and longtime bioregionalist. Her books include Tough Little Beauties, Epicurean Simplicity, and In Service of the Wild.

Since her emergence in 1969 as an ecological activist Mills has written prolifically, edited numerous periodicals, participated in countless conferences and served on the boards and advisory committees of dozens of ecologically oriented organizations from the local to national level.

Since 1984 she has lived and worked in Northwest Lower Michigan. She is presently at work on a biography of Robert Swann and is active in a local currency initiative.