Jordan Fisher Smith is the author of Engineering Eden: The True Story of a Violent Death, a Trial, and the Fight Over Controlling Nature (Crown 2016), winner of the Silver Medal for nonfiction in the 2017 California Book Awards, and Nature Noir, (Mariner) a Chronicle Best Books of 2005 pick. He has written for TIME.com, New Yorker, Discover, and Aeon. He is a cast member and narrator of the film Under Our Skin, which was shortlisted for the 2010 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. He lives in the Sierra Nevada.