Young, Mary Taylor

Award-winning writer Mary Taylor Young is the author of 15 books on the landscape, wildlife, and cultural heritage of Colorado and the West, including Land of Grass and Sky: A Naturalist's Prairie Journey and The Guide to Colorado Mammals. She spent many childhood summers at her family's cabin bordering Rocky Mountain National Park. Her love of nature led to a degree in zoology from Colorado State University. Young has taught seminars for the Rocky Mountain Nature Association every summer since 1988. She was also a recent Artist-In-Residence at Rocky.