Nick Neely
Lecturer, College of Creative Studies
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Nick Neely holds an MA in literature and environment from the University of Nevada, Reno, and MFAs in nonfiction and poetry from Hunter College and Columbia University. He is a recipient of PEN Northwest’s Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency, a UC Berkeley–11th Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowship, and an AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award. His first book, Coast Range, an essay collection, was a finalist for the John Burroughs Medal for natural history writing. His new book, Alta California, an LA Times Bestseller, details his twelve-week trek from San Diego to San Francisco to retrace the first overland Spanish expedition through California.