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Susan Orlean--the beloved New Yorker staff writer and the author of the New York Times bestsellers Rin Tin Tin, The Orchid Thief, and On Animals--selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2024. The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction, and it is the most respected--and most popular--of its kind. New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean selects twenty pieces that represent the best science and nature writing published the previous year and explores our ever-changing world.

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Susan Orlean has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 1992. She is the New York Times bestselling author of several books, including The Library Book, Rin Tin Tin, and Saturday Night, as well as The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award-winning film Adaptation. She lives with her family and her animals in Los Angeles and may be reached at SusanOrlean.com and on Twitter @SusanOrlean. Susan Orlean has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 1992. She is the New York Times bestselling author of several books, including The Library Book, Rin Tin Tin, and Saturday Night, as well as The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award-winning film Adaptation. She lives with her family and her animals in Los Angeles and may be reached at SusanOrlean.com and on Twitter @SusanOrlean. Jamie Green is a science writer, essayist, editor, and teacher, and she is series editor of The Best American Science and Nature Writing. She received her MFA in creative nonfiction from Colombia, and her writing has appeared in Slate, Popular Science, New York Times Book Review, American Theater, Catapult, Astrobites, and elsewhere. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and son. Jamie Green is a science writer, essayist, editor, and teacher, and she is series editor of The Best American Science and Nature Writing. She received her MFA in creative nonfiction from Colombia, and her writing has appeared in Slate, Popular Science, New York Times Book Review, American Theater, Catapult, Astrobites, and elsewhere. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and son. Brittany Bradford graduated from Juilliard in 2018, and since that time has had a career traversing stage, tv, film, and most recently, audiobooks. A Southern California crunchy granola nature girl now living in Brooklyn, Brittany has brought audiobook narration to Darrin Bell's The Talk, Rita Omokha's Resist, and is in the recording process for her first solo narration on an upcoming novel. Her skillset with dense heightened text, mixed with a deep love of films, has made her a narrator able to convey imagery on a grand scale, but told in an intimate way. Broadway: Bernhardt/Hamlet. Select Off-Broadway: The Comeuppance (Obie Award, Signature Theater), Wedding Band (Obie Award, TFANA), TV: Julia (HBO Max), The Watcher (Netflix), Gilded Age (HBO Max), Dead Ringers (Amazon), Fire Country(CBS), Fear the Walking Dead (AMC) Film: The Same Storm (dir. Peter Hedges). Classix member and HomeBase Theater Collective co-founder. Callie Beaulieu, audiobook narrator, has been an actress for several decades. Classically trained, she is predominantly a theater actress, and her work has been seen around the country. She is a proud member of Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA. Shahjehan Khan is a Pakistani-American narrator, actor, and touring musician. He fell into this work when a producer at Audible heard his punk band interviewed on NPR in 2009, but didn't start to dive into the medium until relatively recently, thanks in large part to the lovely folks at Macmillan Audio who have believed in him since his first title with them. Although he is now often distracted with roles in movies, TV, and playing in all his bands, he will always love the booth. He's now approaching 30 official titles with many of the major publishers and recently won his first Earphones award. Shaj's voice is on the chill, smooth, and calming side, but he's definitely skilled at pushing it and finding multiple characters within a story with consistency and agility. He's also an award-winning podcast host and producer: his show ""King of The World"" was nominated for an Ambie and a Webby; and he's currently producing a Tribeca-nominated mini series on groovy 60s psychedelic Pakistani music called ""Karachi Nights"". His main inspiration is his awesome and super smart scientist partner Lauren. A lifelong actor and performer, Will Tulin has performed both on stage and in film and television. From San Diego morning show talent to horror film villain, Will's work also includes voice work for animation, performing with La Jolla Playhouse, and producing fiction podcasts. As a narrator, Will brings all of this experience to bear, while connecting with his former self; the kid who held a flashlight under the covers because he just couldn't put down a book. Katharine Chin is a Taiwanese American actor, writer, and producer based in New York. She trained as an actor at UC San Diego, Steppenwolf West, and received her MFA in acting at The New School. As a narrator, Katharine has recorded numerous titles for Harper, Macmillan, Hachette, Apple+ News, Penguin Random House, and more. Her work spans historical fiction to middle grade to scientific articles. Katharine has founded and run theater companies, earned degrees in biology and political science, worked at a Lippizaner ranch in the upper Mojave desert, gone shark diving without a cage in Fiji, and knit many, many sweaters by hand. Born in the SF Bay Area, she lived in Taiwan from 6th-10th grade and speaks Mandarin fluently.

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