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{{Short description|American writer (born 1954)}}
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| image = Jerry Dennis, 2015 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Dennis in 2015
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1954}}
| birth_place = [[Flint, Michigan]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Nonfiction writer|short story writer}}
| alma_mater = [[University of Louisville]]{{br}}[[Northern Michigan University]]{{br}}[[Northwestern Michigan College]]
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'''Jerry Dennis''' (born 1954) is an [[United States|American]] writer of nonfiction and short fiction. He is known for writing about the effect of human culture on the natural environment.<ref>[http://annarborobserver.com/articles/jerry_dennis_full_article.html "Jerry Dennis - Philosopher of the Lakes"]. ''Ann Arbor Observer''. by Keith Taylor, October, 2011</ref>
'''Jerry Dennis''' (born 1954) is an American writer of nonfiction and short fiction. He is known for writing about the effect of human culture on the natural environment.<ref>[http://annarborobserver.com/articles/jerry_dennis_full_article.html "Jerry Dennis - Philosopher of the Lakes"]. ''Ann Arbor Observer''. by Keith Taylor, October, 2011</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
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Dennis was born in Flint, Michigan and grew up in rural northern Michigan. Dennis received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Louisville in 1981, after attending Northern Michigan University and Northwestern Michigan College.
Dennis was born in [[Flint, Michigan]] in 1954 and grew up in rural northern Michigan. Dennis received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the [[University of Louisville]] in 1981, after attending [[Northern Michigan University]] and [[Northwestern Michigan College]].


==Career==
==Career==
After graduating Dennis worked as a carpenter for five years while establishing himself as a book author and magazine writer.
After graduating Dennis worked as a carpenter for five years while establishing himself as a book author and magazine writer.


He has written articles for more than 100 publications, including ''The New York Times'', ''Smithsonian'', ''Audubon'', ''Sports Afield'', ''Field and Stream'', ''American Way,'' and the literary magazines ''Epoch'', ''Witness'', ''Mid-American Review'', ''Pank,'' and ''Michigan Quarterly Review''. Throughout the 1990s he wrote regular columns for ''Wildlife Conservation Magazine'', the publication of Wildlife Conservation International and the Bronx Zoo, and ''Canoe and Kayak Magazine''. Journalistic assignments sent him to Iceland, Chile, and extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada.
He has written articles for more than 100 publications, including ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]'', ''[[Audubon Magazine|Audubon]]'', ''[[Sports Afield]]'', ''[[Field and Stream]]'', ''[[American Way (magazine)|American Way]],'' and the literary magazines ''Epoch'', ''Witness'', ''[[Mid-American Review]]'', ''Pank,'' and ''Michigan Quarterly Review''. Throughout the 1990s he wrote regular columns for ''Wildlife Conservation Magazine'', the publication of Wildlife Conservation International and the Bronx Zoo, and ''Canoe and Kayak Magazine''. Journalistic assignments sent him to Iceland, Chile, and extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada.


Since 2000 he has been on the faculty of the University of Michigan’s Bear River Writers Conference, where he teaches creative non-fiction and nature writing.
Since 2000 he has been on the faculty of the [[University of Michigan]]'s Bear River Writers Conference, where he teaches creative non-fiction and [[nature writing]].


As of 2014, he is the author of ten books. In 2015 his best known book is ''The Living Great Lakes'', about his trip around the great lakes in a rickety ship.<ref>[http://www.macombdaily.com/arts-and-entertainment/20150609/librarian-recommends-books-to-inspire-an-adventure-this-summer "Librarian Recommends: Books to inspire an adventure this summer".] ''Macomb Daily'', by Jordan D. Wright, Special to Digital First Media. 06/09/15</ref> This book appeared on the Michigan Bestseller Book List for October, 2014.<ref>[http://www.themorningsun.com/article/MS/20141109/SPORTS/141109693 "Michigan Bestseller Book List for October, 2014"]. ''Morning Sun'', November 9, 2014</ref>
As of 2014, he is the author of ten books. In 2015 his best known book is ''The Living Great Lakes'', about his trip around the great lakes in a rickety ship.<ref>[http://www.macombdaily.com/arts-and-entertainment/20150609/librarian-recommends-books-to-inspire-an-adventure-this-summer "Librarian Recommends: Books to inspire an adventure this summer".] ''Macomb Daily'', by Jordan D. Wright, Special to Digital First Media. 06/09/15</ref> This book appeared on the Michigan Bestseller Book List for October, 2014.<ref>[http://www.themorningsun.com/article/MS/20141109/SPORTS/141109693 "Michigan Bestseller Book List for October, 2014"]. ''Morning Sun'', November 9, 2014</ref>


In 2014, in response to a pricing dispute between his publisher, MacMillan Press, and Amazon, Dennis set up his own publishing house, Big Maple Press, to produce books which will be sold only through independent booksellers.<ref>[http://wmuk.org/post/between-lines-challenging-amazon " Between the Lines: Challenging Amazon"]. ''WMUK 102.1'', By Zinta Aistars • Feb 27, 2015</ref>
In 2014, in response to a pricing dispute between his publisher, [[Macmillan Publishers (United States)|MacMillan Press]], and [[Amazon.com|Amazon]], Dennis set up his own publishing house, Big Maple Press, to produce books which will be sold only through independent booksellers.<ref>[http://wmuk.org/post/between-lines-challenging-amazon " Between the Lines: Challenging Amazon"]. ''WMUK 102.1'', By Zinta Aistars • Feb 27, 2015</ref>


==Books==
==Books==
* ''Canoeing Michigan Rivers'' Thunder Bay Press (1986, 2001, 2013)
* ''Canoeing Michigan Rivers'' Thunder Bay Press (1986, 2001, 2013)
* ''The Best Bicycle Tours of Eastern Canada'' (1992)
* ''The Best Bicycle Tours of Eastern Canada'' (1992)
* ''It's Raining Frogs and Fishes'' HarperCollins (1992, 2013)<ref>[http://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/strange-and-unexplained-phenomenon-raining-stones-003811 "The Strange and Unexplained Phenomenon of Raining Stones"]. ''Ancient Origins'', 12 September 2015 - 00:59 By April Holloway</ref>
* ''It's Raining Frogs and Fishes'' HarperCollins (1992, 2013)
* ''A Place on the Water'' Macmillan (1993, 2013)
* ''A Place on the Water'' Macmillan (1993, 2013)
* ''The Bird in the Waterfall'' HarperCollins (1996, 2014)
* ''The Bird in the Waterfall'' HarperCollins (1996, 2014)
* ''The River Home'' Macmillan (1998, 2013)
* ''The River Home'' Macmillan (1998, 2013)
* ''From a Wooden Canoe'' Macmillan (1999, 2014)
* ''From a Wooden Canoe'' Macmillan (1999, 2014)
* ''Leelanau: A Portrait of Place'' (2000)
* ''Leelanau: A Portrait of Place'' (2000)
* ''Up North in Michigan'' (2021)
* ''The Living Great Lakes'' Macmillan <ref>[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jerry-dennis/the-living-great-lakes/ "THE LIVING GREAT LAKES"]. ''Kirkus Reviews''.</ref><ref>[http://wmuk.org/post/new-reading-together-book-all-about-great-lakes " New Reading Together Book All About Great Lakes"]. ''WMUK 102.1'', By Zinta Aistars • Sep 29, 2014</ref>(2004)
* ''The Living Great Lakes'' Macmillan <ref>[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jerry-dennis/the-living-great-lakes/ "THE LIVING GREAT LAKES"]. ''Kirkus Reviews''.</ref><ref>[http://wmuk.org/post/new-reading-together-book-all-about-great-lakes " New Reading Together Book All About Great Lakes"]. ''WMUK 102.1'', By Zinta Aistars • Sep 29, 2014</ref>(2004)
* ''The Windward Shore'' University of Michigan Press (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/onthetown/index.ssf/2011/11/author_jerry_dennis_new_book_m.html|title=Author Jerry Dennis' new book meets expectations|work=MLive.com}}</ref>
* ''The Windward Shore'' University of Michigan Press (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/onthetown/index.ssf/2011/11/author_jerry_dennis_new_book_m.html|title=Author Jerry Dennis' new book meets expectations|work=MLive.com|date=21 November 2011 }}</ref>


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
* 2004 Michigan Notable Books<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-54574_39583-87839--,00.html|title=Library of Michigan - 2004 Michigan Notable Books|work=michigan.gov}}</ref>
* 2004 Michigan Notable Books<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-54574_39583-87839--,00.html|title=Library of Michigan - 2004 Michigan Notable Books|work=michigan.gov}}</ref>
* 2004 Sigurd Olsen Nature Writing Award<ref>http://www.northland.edu/sigurd-olson-environmental-institute-sonwa-previous-recipients.htm</ref>
* 2004 Sigurd Olsen Nature Writing Award<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northland.edu/sigurd-olson-environmental-institute-sonwa-previous-recipients.htm |title=Previous Award Recipients &#124; Northland College |accessdate=2014-11-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208103003/http://www.northland.edu/sigurd-olson-environmental-institute-sonwa-previous-recipients.htm |archivedate=2014-12-08 }}</ref>
* 2004 Great Lakes Culture Best Book Award Non-Fiction<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2004/center-for-great-lakes-culture-announces-winners-of-fourth-annual-awards-competition/|title=Center for Great Lakes Culture Announces Winners of Fourth Annual Awards Competition|author=Michigan State University|work=MSUToday}}</ref>
* 2004 Great Lakes Culture Best Book Award Non-Fiction<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2004/center-for-great-lakes-culture-announces-winners-of-fourth-annual-awards-competition/|title=Center for Great Lakes Culture Announces Winners of Fourth Annual Awards Competition|author=Michigan State University|work=MSUToday}}</ref>
* 2004 The Stuart D. and Vernice M. Gross Award for Literature<ref>{{cite web|url=http://librarysubjectguides.svsu.edu/content.php?pid=85748&sid=3369666|title=Stuart D. and Vernice M. Gross Award for Literature in Regional History - SVSU History - Zahnow Library Subject Guides at Saginaw Valley State University|author=Thomas Zantow|work=svsu.edu}}</ref>
* 2004 The Stuart D. and Vernice M. Gross Award for Literature<ref>{{cite web|url=http://librarysubjectguides.svsu.edu/content.php?pid=85748&sid=3369666|title=Stuart D. and Vernice M. Gross Award for Literature in Regional History - SVSU History - Zahnow Library Subject Guides at Saginaw Valley State University|author=Thomas Zantow|work=svsu.edu}}</ref>
* 2003 Alumni Fellows Award, University of Louisville, College of Arts and Sciences<ref>{{cite web|url=http://louisville.edu/artsandsciences/alumniandfriends/alumni-fellows-awards|title=A&S Alumni Fellows Awards|work=louisville.edu}}</ref>
* 2003 Alumni Fellows Award, University of Louisville, College of Arts and Sciences<ref>{{cite web|url=http://louisville.edu/artsandsciences/alumniandfriends/alumni-fellows-awards |title=A&S Alumni Fellows Awards |work=louisville.edu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112152045/http://louisville.edu/artsandsciences/alumniandfriends/alumni-fellows-awards |archivedate=2014-11-12 }}</ref>
* 1999 Michigan Author of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-54574_36788_36789-129585--,00.html|title=Library of Michigan - Michigan Author Award|work=michigan.gov}}</ref>
* 1999 Michigan Author of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-54574_36788_36789-129585--,00.html|title=Library of Michigan - Michigan Author Award|work=michigan.gov}}</ref>
* 1993, 1996, 1998, and 2003 Best Book of the Year awarded by Outdoor Writers Association of America.
* 1993, 1996, 1998, and 2003 Best Book of the Year awarded by Outdoor Writers Association of America.
==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.canoekayak.com/canoe/catching-canoe-author-jerry-dennis/|title=Catching Up With Canoe Author Jerry Dennis|date=29 May 2014|work=Canoe & Kayak Magazine}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.canoekayak.com/canoe/catching-canoe-author-jerry-dennis/|title=Catching Up With Canoe Author Jerry Dennis|date=29 May 2014|work=Canoe & Kayak Magazine}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.kvcc.edu/Full_Story/021313+n+Author+Jerry+Dennis+Visits+on+March+27+and+28+|title=KVCC - 021313 n Author Jerry Dennis Visits on March 27 and 28|work=kvcc.edu}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.kvcc.edu/Full_Story/021313+n+Author+Jerry+Dennis+Visits+on+March+27+and+28+|title=KVCC - 021313 n Author Jerry Dennis Visits on March 27 and 28|work=kvcc.edu}}

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Latest revision as of 01:54, 23 March 2024

Jerry Dennis
Dennis in 2015
Dennis in 2015
Born1954 (age 70–71)
Flint, Michigan
Occupation
  • Nonfiction writer
  • short story writer
Alma materUniversity of Louisville
Northern Michigan University
Northwestern Michigan College

Jerry Dennis (born 1954) is an American writer of nonfiction and short fiction. He is known for writing about the effect of human culture on the natural environment.[1]

Early life and education

[edit]

Dennis was born in Flint, Michigan in 1954 and grew up in rural northern Michigan. Dennis received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Louisville in 1981, after attending Northern Michigan University and Northwestern Michigan College.

Career

[edit]

After graduating Dennis worked as a carpenter for five years while establishing himself as a book author and magazine writer.

He has written articles for more than 100 publications, including The New York Times, Smithsonian, Audubon, Sports Afield, Field and Stream, American Way, and the literary magazines Epoch, Witness, Mid-American Review, Pank, and Michigan Quarterly Review. Throughout the 1990s he wrote regular columns for Wildlife Conservation Magazine, the publication of Wildlife Conservation International and the Bronx Zoo, and Canoe and Kayak Magazine. Journalistic assignments sent him to Iceland, Chile, and extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Since 2000 he has been on the faculty of the University of Michigan's Bear River Writers Conference, where he teaches creative non-fiction and nature writing.

As of 2014, he is the author of ten books. In 2015 his best known book is The Living Great Lakes, about his trip around the great lakes in a rickety ship.[2] This book appeared on the Michigan Bestseller Book List for October, 2014.[3]

In 2014, in response to a pricing dispute between his publisher, MacMillan Press, and Amazon, Dennis set up his own publishing house, Big Maple Press, to produce books which will be sold only through independent booksellers.[4]

Books

[edit]
  • Canoeing Michigan Rivers Thunder Bay Press (1986, 2001, 2013)
  • The Best Bicycle Tours of Eastern Canada (1992)
  • It's Raining Frogs and Fishes HarperCollins (1992, 2013)
  • A Place on the Water Macmillan (1993, 2013)
  • The Bird in the Waterfall HarperCollins (1996, 2014)
  • The River Home Macmillan (1998, 2013)
  • From a Wooden Canoe Macmillan (1999, 2014)
  • Leelanau: A Portrait of Place (2000)
  • Up North in Michigan (2021)
  • The Living Great Lakes Macmillan [5][6](2004)
  • The Windward Shore University of Michigan Press (2011)[7]

Awards and honors

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  • 2004 Michigan Notable Books[8]
  • 2004 Sigurd Olsen Nature Writing Award[9]
  • 2004 Great Lakes Culture Best Book Award Non-Fiction[10]
  • 2004 The Stuart D. and Vernice M. Gross Award for Literature[11]
  • 2003 Alumni Fellows Award, University of Louisville, College of Arts and Sciences[12]
  • 1999 Michigan Author of the Year[13]
  • 1993, 1996, 1998, and 2003 Best Book of the Year awarded by Outdoor Writers Association of America.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Jerry Dennis - Philosopher of the Lakes". Ann Arbor Observer. by Keith Taylor, October, 2011
  2. ^ "Librarian Recommends: Books to inspire an adventure this summer". Macomb Daily, by Jordan D. Wright, Special to Digital First Media. 06/09/15
  3. ^ "Michigan Bestseller Book List for October, 2014". Morning Sun, November 9, 2014
  4. ^ " Between the Lines: Challenging Amazon". WMUK 102.1, By Zinta Aistars • Feb 27, 2015
  5. ^ "THE LIVING GREAT LAKES". Kirkus Reviews.
  6. ^ " New Reading Together Book All About Great Lakes". WMUK 102.1, By Zinta Aistars • Sep 29, 2014
  7. ^ "Author Jerry Dennis' new book meets expectations". MLive.com. 21 November 2011.
  8. ^ "Library of Michigan - 2004 Michigan Notable Books". michigan.gov.
  9. ^ "Previous Award Recipients | Northland College". Archived from the original on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
  10. ^ Michigan State University. "Center for Great Lakes Culture Announces Winners of Fourth Annual Awards Competition". MSUToday.
  11. ^ Thomas Zantow. "Stuart D. and Vernice M. Gross Award for Literature in Regional History - SVSU History - Zahnow Library Subject Guides at Saginaw Valley State University". svsu.edu.
  12. ^ "A&S Alumni Fellows Awards". louisville.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-11-12.
  13. ^ "Library of Michigan - Michigan Author Award". michigan.gov.
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