Author Steve Burrows: From Birder to Birder Murder – The Mystery Continues
- Library Hall
While the road from non-fiction to fiction is one that many writers have taken, the one from birder to murder mystery writer is less well traveled. Author Steve Burrows takes a light-hearted look at the impact birders and non-birders alike have had on his development from environmental journalism to writing Birder Murder Mysteries. Burrows will also look at the part birds and birding continue to play in both his personal life and his career as novelist with seven books in the murder series to date. Picking up where he left off at the 2021 festival, he'll go on to discuss recent adventures in Antarctica, Singapore and especially Bhutan, where cranes take center stage!
Book sales and an author signing will follow Burrows' talk, courtesy of Off the Beaten Path Bookstore.
Borrow one of Burrows' Birder Murder Mysteries from Bud Werner Library.
About the Speaker
Steve Burrows began his life-long interest in birds and nature in the urban parks of his childhood home in Birmingham, UK. After relocating to Hong Kong as an adult, he became editor of the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society Magazine, and a contributing field editor with Asian Geographic. Burrows has birded on six continents and his freelance articles on travel and environmental issues have appeared in publications all around the world, earning him a number of accolades including a Nature Writer of the Year award from BBC Wildlife magazine. In 2019, Burrows was invited by Margaret Atwood be to the Guest Author at her annual SpringSong event. The first novel in the Birder Murder Mystery series, A Siege of Bitterns, won the Crime Writers of Canada award for Best First Novel, and was selected as one of the top 100 books of the year. Burrows has recently signed a three-book deal for more Birder Murders, and in 2022 a major UK/Canadian co-production will be bringing the Birder Murder Mysteries to TV screens. Burrows lives in Oshawa, Canada with his wife, Resa.
About the Yampa Valley Crane Festival: Aug. 31- Sept. 3, 2023
The Greater Sandhill Crane is an iconic species of the Yampa Valley. Returning in the spring, cranes nest and raise their young in wetland areas throughout the valley. In late summer and early fall, hundreds of cranes from the Rocky Mountain flock join the local birds to rest and feed before continuing their journey south. The Yampa Valley Crane Festival celebrates these iconic birds with daily crane viewings, expert speakers, films, art exhibits, workshops, family activities and more. Bud Werner Memorial Library is festival headquarters and the venue for many of these talks, films and events. Learn more about the 12th annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival.