Soennichsen, John

Since the 1970s, John Soennichsen has written more than 300 articles, essays, and short fiction for a variety of publications. His first book, Live! from Death Valley: Dispatches from America's Low Point was published by Sasquatch Books, Seattle, in September 2005. Praise for the book included this Publisher's Weekly's statement: "Eloquently written, Soennichsen's book is a triumph of reportage reminiscent of McPhee." John's second book, Bretz's Flood, was published by Sasquatch in October 2008. The book tells the story of a maverick geologist in the 1920s whose radical theories explained the