NEW: THE FRAGILE EDGE wins prestigious 2008 KIRIYAMA PRIZE for nonfiction

NEW: THE FRAGILE EDGE wins coveted 2008 JOHN BURROUGHS MEDAL AWARD for  outstanding natural history book

NEW: THE FRAGILE EDGE wins 2008 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD for creative nonfiction

NEW: Mother Jones wins National Magazine Award for General Excellence for issue publishing GONE

The Fate of the Ocean wins prestigious John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism."This ambitious package paints a vivid and disturbing portrait of humanity’s impact on the liquid seven-tenths of our planet. The findings here were noted by newspapers across the country and disseminated by numerous bloggers, citizens’ groups and environmental organizations."

O. Henry Award for A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga

National Magazine Awards finalist - A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga

National Magazine Award finalists(for issues publishing) Gone, The Fate of the Ocean, The Thirteenth Tipping Point

Pen /Hemingway runner up for A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga

James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism for The Fate of the Ocean

The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award

The Bernice Slote Award for Fiction

Project Censored Awards for Shoals of Time; The Fate of the Ocean