A House of Branches (2010) and has been a contributor to Audubon, Orion and other magazines, as well as a commentator for NPR's Living on Earth. An environmental activist, she has campaigned on behalf of the Altamaha River and the Moody Swamp. She previously taught in the Chatham University Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing. Currently, she is a visiting professor and writer-in-residence at universities and colleges across the country. She lectures nationally on nature, agriculture, seeds, wildness, sustainability, writing, and politics of wholeness. Personal life She has a son, Silas Ausable, who attended the University of Massachusetts and studied landscape architecture. She lives a simple, sustainable life in southern Georgia on Red Earth Farm with her husband and daughter. She is an organic gardener, tender on farm animals, slow-cook food, and seed saver. She is very active in her local community. Books Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, memoir (Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1999). Wild Card Quilt: Taking a Chance on Home, memoir (Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2003). Between Two Rivers: Stories from the Red Hills to the Gulf, (Co-editor, with Susan Cerulean and Laura Newtown) nonfiction (Tallahassee: Heart of the Earth, 2004). Pinhook: Finding Wholeness in a Fragmented Land,, nonfiction (White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2005). A House of Branches, poetry (Nicholasville: Wind Publications, 2010). Drifting into Darien: a Personal and Natural History of the Altamaha River, nonfiction (Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 2011). The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food, nonfiction (White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2012). Red Lanterns: Poems, poetry (Iris Press, 2021). Wild Spectacle: Seeking Wonders in a World beyond Humans, nonfiction (Trinity University Press, 2021). References Source: Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2005. External links Milkweed Editions webpage for Ecology of a Cracker Childhood Wind Publications webpage for House of Branches Georgia Encyclopedia entry for Janisse Ray Whole Terrain link to Ray's articles published in Whole Terrain Janisse Ray and Nancy Marshall, "James Holland, Riverkeeper: Environmental Protection Along the Altamaha", Southern Spaces, August 11, 2011. Janisse Ray, "Sowing The Seed Underground", Southern Spaces, October 23, 2012. 1962 births Living people American naturalists Chatham University faculty People from Baxley, Georgia Writers from Georgia (U.S. state) Women science writers American Book Award winners American nature writers American women non-fiction writers American women academics 21st-century American women Organic gardeners