Clare Walker Leslie

Clare Walker Leslie (born March 1, 1947) is a naturalist, artist, and writer. She is best known for her nature journals. She advocates their use by the wider public.[1][2]

Early life and education

She grew up outside of Philadelphia. She has a degree in art history from Carleton College.[3]

Career

She has taught at Williams College, MIT,[4] Harvard’s Landscape Design Program, College of the Atlantic, Antioch New England, and numerous Audubon centers. She is a member of the National Guild of Science Illustrators and the international Artists For Nature Foundation.[1]

Personal life

She lives with her husband and family in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and in Granville, Vermont.[5]

Books
  • A Year in Nature: A Memoir of Solace Green Writers Press of Brattleboro
  • The Curious Nature Guide, 2015
  • The Nature Connection Storey Publishing, 2010
  • Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You[6][7]
  • Drawn to Nature: From the Journals of Clare Walker Leslie 2005
  • Nature All Year Long
  • Nature Drawing: A Tool for Learning
  • The Art of Field Sketching
  • The Ancient Celtic Festivals and How We Celebrate Them Today
  • A Naturalist's Sketchbook: Pages from the Seasons of the Year 1987
  • Notes from a Naturalist's Sketchbook 1981

References
  1. Slater, Martha (2020-05-14). "Clare Walker Leslie Launches New Book with Walk Event". The Herald. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  2. "Paperbacks: New and Noteworthy". The New York Times. 6 December 1981.
  3. Slater, Martha (2020-05-12). "Clare Walker Leslie Launches New Book with Walk Event". The Herald. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  4. "Reasons to go outside". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  5. "Clare Walker Leslie, Author at Storey Publishing". Storey Publishing.
  6. "Environment Naila Moreira: Keeping nature, one journal at a time".
  7. Raver, Anne (2003-12-21). "CUTTINGS; Digging Into Books While the Garden Sleeps". The Herald. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
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