Genny Smith

Since 1959, Genny Smith has been a publisher and editor of guidebooks about the Eastern Sierra Nevada and the Owens Valley of California, USA.[1] Her writings about the history, geology and biology of the region have caused her to be dubbed "the Naturalist Queen of the Eastern Sierra".[2]

She received a B.A. degree from Reed College.[3] She a resident of Cupertino, California,[4] while spending her summers in Mammoth Lakes, California.[3] She was formerly on the Board of Directors of the Mono Lake Committee.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Author Bio". Sierra East: Genny Smith, editor. University of California Press. http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/7097.php. Retrieved 2009-06-08. 
  2. ^ Bates, Colleen Dunn (2004). Mammoth from the inside: the honest guide to Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra. Prospect Park Publishing. p. 229. ISBN 0-9753939-0-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=eR_aimpBfpsC&lpg=PA229&dq=%22Genny%20Smith%22%20mammoth&pg=PA229#v=onepage&q=%22Genny%20Smith%22&f=false. Retrieved September 15, 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "Genny Smith Books on the Eastern Sierra". Our Publications. Live Oak Press. http://www.liveoakpress.com/publications.html. Retrieved 2009-06-08. 
  4. ^ "Adventuresome Hiker and Author Genny Smith". Focus on Retirement Living. 2003. http://www.theforum-seniorliving.com/images/downloads/focus_fall_2003.pdf. 
  5. ^ "2006 Annual Report". Mono Lake Committee. 2006. https://www.monolake.org/images/2006annualreport.pdf.