Catherine Schmitt

science writer

A Coastal Companion: A Year in the Gulf of Maine from Cape Cod to Canada

"A wonderful scientific treasury that explores the enormity, complexity and inter-relationships between the land and sea and all the creatures of both worlds." --Kennebec Journal

"From the bounty of this book, I have made a list of subjects I want to know more about. One by one, I will track them down, and in doing so am brought more deeply home." --Susan Shetterly, Down East Magazine

"There isn't a dull day in the whole year" --Quoddy Tides

"Atmospheric" --The Boston Globe

 

Featuring poems by Patricia Ranzoni, Annaliese Jakimides, Kristen Lindquist, Leonore Hildebrandt, Elizabeth Tibbetts, Ellen Goldsmith, Cheryl Daigle, Candice Stover, Jan Bailey, Gus Bombard, and the late Burt Hatlen. Illustrations by Kimberleigh Martul-March and Margaret Campbell.

Published by Tilbury House in 2008, A Coastal Companion received a silver award for writing from the Association for Communication Excellence, and has a five-star customer rating on Amazon.com. Available at your local independent bookstore.