Modlin, Richard

Richard Modlin is a professor emeritus of the University of Alabama in Huntsville and the author of a number of published books, articles, and short stories. His novel "Newfound Freedom" was a finalist for the Foreword Reviews BOTYA in General Fiction, and his 2008 book "Chasing Wings - Birding Exploits and Encounters" was a finalist in the Nature Writing category.

Modlin earned his PhD in marine ecology from the University of Connecticut and has several degrees in the biological sciences. Having minored in English at the University of Wisconsin, he has taken part in the Iowa Summer Writing...