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Specialty Subjects : America's national parks, birds, wildflowers, trees, conservation, theater technology, architecture, municipal water management, medicine, healthcare

Book Credits : Breadwinner Wives and the Men They Marry (978-0882822150, New Horizon Press, 2002) Passport To Your National Parks Companion Guide: North Atlantic Region ( 978-0762744701, Falcon Guides, 2008) Passport To Your National Parks Companion Guide: National Capital Region ( 978-0762745104, Falcon Guides, 2008) Passport To Your National Parks Companion Guide: Southeast Region ( 978-0762744732, Falcon Guides, 2008) Great Smoky Mountains National Park Pocket Guide (978-0762748068, Falcon Guides, 2008) Acadia National Park Pocket Guide (978-0762748020, Falcon Guides, 2008) Strength In Numbers: A Concise History of the Eliezar and Ligaya Nocon Family (private client, 2008) Timeline Guide: Gettysburg (978-0762753314, Globe Pequot Press, 2009) Timeline Guide: Washington, DC (Globe Pequot Press, 2009) Best Easy Day Hikes: Rochester (978-0762754410, Falcon Guides, 2009)* Best Easy Day Hikes: Buffalo (978-0762754649, Falcon Guides, 2009) Best Easy Day Hikes: Syracuse (978-0762754656, Falcon Guides, 2009) Best Easy Day Hikes: Albany (978-0762754632, Falcon Guides, 2009) Everglades National Park Pocket Guide (978-0762751334, Falcon Guides, 2009) Gulf Islands National Park Pocket Guide (978-0762753093, Falcon Guides 2009) Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks Pocket Guide (978-0762749430, Falcon Guides, 2009) Best Easy Day Hikes: Hudson River Valley (978-0762755455, Falcon Guides, 2010) Fredericksburg: A Guided Tour Through History (978-0762753307, Globe Pequot Press, 2010) Timeline Guide: New York Immigrant Experience (978-0762757435, Globe Pequot Press, 2010) Timeline Guide: New Orleans (978-0762757398, Globe Pequot Press, 2010) Backyard Birding: A Guide to Attracting and Identifying Birds (978-0762771660, Lyons Press, 2011) How To Start a Home-based Public Relations Business (978-0762773435, Globe Pequot Press, 2012) Birds of New York City and Long Island (978-1936913169, Quick Reference Publishing, 2013) Trees of New York City and Long Island (978-1936913183, Quick Reference Publishing, 2013) Wildflowers of New York City and Long Island (978-1936913190, Quick Reference Publishing, 2013) Understand Alzheimer's: A First-Time Caregiver's Plan (978-1623153007, ghostwritten, Calistoga Press, 2013) Memory Tips and Tricks (978-1623153779, ghostwritten, Calistoga Press, 2014) Divorce Survival Guide: The Roadmap for Everything from Divorce Finance to Child Custody (978-1623153793, ghostwritten, Calistoga Press, 2014) Essential Oils and Aromatherapy for Beginners (978-0989558693, ghostwritten, Calistoga Press, 2014) Birds of New York State (978-1936913589, Quick Reference Publishing, 2014) Hiking Waterfalls in New York (978-0762787500, Falcon Guides, 2014) Scenic Routes & Byways: New York (978-0762786510, Globe Pequot Press, 2014) Day Trips: Hudson Valley (978-1493007899, Globe Pequot Press, 2015) Historical Tours: Gettysburg (978-1493012954, Rowman and Littlefield, 2015) Historical Tours: Fredericksburg (978-1493012947, Rowman and Littlefield, 2015) Historical Tours: Washington, DC (978-1493012732, Rowman and Littlefield, 2015) Historical Tours: New York Immigrant Experience (978-1493012978, Rowman and Littlefield, 2015) Extra Mile: 500 Customer Service Tips for Success (978-1623155940, ghostwritten, Calistoga Press, 2015) Robert's Rules of Order in Action: How to Participate with Confidence in Parliamentary Procedure (978-1623156213, Zephyros Press, 2015) Cursed in New York: Stories of the Damned in the Empire State (978-1493013760, Globe Pequot Press, 2015) Hiking Through History: New York (978-1493019533, Falcon Guides, 2016) The New England Bird Lovers' Garden (978-1493022342, Lyons Press, 2016) Death in Glacier National Park (978-1493024001, The Globe Pequot Press, 2016) Historic Glacier National Park (978-1493018079, The Globe Pequot Press, 2016) Wildflowers of New York State (978-1943334346, Quick Reference Publishing, 2016) Trees of New York State (978-1943334339, Quick Reference Publishing, 2016) Wildflowers of the Mid-Atlantic States (978-1943334254, Quick Reference Publishing, 2016) Trees of the Mid-Atlantic States (978-1943334353, Quick Reference Publishing, 2016) Essential Oils of the Bible (978-1623157388, Althea Press, 2016) Death in Zion National Park (978-1493028931, Lyons Press, 2017) Swagger: The ''Way of the Sway'' to Sales and Life Success (978-0692823828, ghostwritten, private client, 2016) Hiking New York's Lower Hudson Valley (978-1493029891, Falcon Guides, 2018) A Better, Not Bitter Divorce (978-0692994566, ghostwritten, private client, 2018) Blowing Up: The Psychology of Conflict (978-1440844676, Greenwood/ABC-CLIO, 2017) Death on Mount Washington (978-1493032075, Lyons Press, 2018) Medical Tests in Context: Innovations and Insights (978-1440860973, Greenwood/ABC-CLIO, 2019) Death on Katahdin (978-1608934171, Down East Books, 2018) Birding New England (978-1493033881, Falcon Guides, 2019) Hiking Waterfalls in New York, 2 nd (978-1493041039, Falcon Guides, 2019) Death in Acadia National Park (978-1608939091, Down East Books, 2019) Historic Rocky Mountain National Park (978-1493038763, The Globe Pequot Press, 2019) Death in Rocky Mountain National Park (978-1493038787, The Globe Pequot Press, 2020) Historic Disasters of New England ( 978-1608937134, Down East Books, 2020) Debating Your Plate: The Most Controversial Foods and Ingredients (978-1440874352, Greenwood/ABC-CLIO, 2021) Best Easy Bird Guide: Acadia National Park (978-1493055180, Falcon Guides, 2020) Best Easy Bird Guide: Cape Cod (978-1493055203, Falcon Guides, 2020) Birding Florida (978-1493055159, Falcon Guides, 2021) New York Off the Beaten Path, 10 th (978-1493053575, reviser, Globe Pequot, 2021) Best Easy Day Hikes: Rochester, 2 nd ed . (978-1493056392, Falcon Guides, 2021) Scenic Driving New York, 2 nd ed . (978-1493058228, Globe Pequot, 2021) Essential Oils: Your Questions Answered (978-1440877841, Greenwood, 2022) Hiking the Catskills (with Stacey Freed) (978-1493062997, Falcon Guides, 2022) Dedication: Commemorating the Opening of the William P. Van Wagenen Conference Room at the University of Rochester Medical School June 18, 2010 (University of Rochester, private client, 2022) Confer Plastics corporate history, title to come (private client, 2022) Backyard Birding and Butterfly Gardening , 2nd ed. (978-1493066094, Lyons, 2022) Death in the Everglades (Lyons, 2022) Feathered Marvels: The Development of Birds , with Domonic Sherony (McFarland, 2023) Best Easy Day Hikes: Buffalo , 2nd ed. (Falcon, 2024) Best Easy Day Hikes: Syracuse , 2nd ed. (Falcon, 2024) Best Easy Day Hikes: Albany , 2nd ed. (Falcon, 2024) Hiking New York , 5th ed., reviser (Falcon, 2024) Birding Texas (Falcon, 2024) The Complete Language of Birds (Wellfleet Press/Quarto, 2024)

Enter your professional bio here : Author and journalist Randi Minetor has written more than 90 published non-fiction books, ranging from histories and travel guides to reference books. She writes primarily about America's national parks, birding, hiking, nature, and historic cities across the country. Her extensive collection of books on the national (and some state) parks includes Death in Glacier National Park, Death in Zion National Park, Death in Rocky Mountain National Park, Death in Acadia, Death in the Everglades, Death on Katahdin, and Death on Mount Washington, as well as Historic Glacier National Park and Historic Rocky Mountain National Park. Recently, she wrote Hiking the Catskills with co-author Stacey Freed, and the second edition of Backyard Birding and Butterfly Gardening. New releases in 2024 include The Complete Language of Birds for Wellfleet Press (Quarto); Birding Texas: Where, How, and When to Spot Birds across the State (Falcon); and second editions of her Best Easy Day Hikes books on Buffalo, Syracuse, and Albany, NY (Falcon). Randi began her career as an entertainment journalist in Rochester, NY, and soon moved into public relations and marketing—first at Geva Theatre, a regional professional theater, and then at an advertising agency. While at Geva, she met her husband, Nic Minetor, a theater lighting designer and photographer. They took a honeymoon trip in 1992 in which they drove cross-country to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, among others, and Randi got her first glimpse of the natural wonders that America's national parks system protects. Soon she knew she wanted to make them a much greater part of her life. In 1998, after more than ten years at an advertising agency, Randi realized that despite her high income, she had taken a wrong turn in her career—so she resigned and went into business for herself. For her first book, Breadwinner Wives and the Men They Marry (New Horizon Press, 2002), she conducted primary research about women who made more money than their husbands did. Four years later, she made a connection with Falcon Guides (now an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield) that led to the career of her dreams: writing books about America's national parks. Soon she had the opportunity to bring Nic's nature photography into her work as well. Together they have produced more than 40 books. Randi also writes for trade and niche magazines, including North American Birds, Birding, Building Stone Magazine, Projection, Lights and Staging News; Stage Directions, Theatre Design & Technology, Lighting and Sound America, Auditoria, Western New York Physician, Waterworld, and others. Randi often speaks at universities, conferences, libraries, and clubs about her work and her books. She serves as president of the Rochester Birding Association, and she has been a board member of Genesee Land Trust, Housing Opportunities, Geva Theatre, the Advertising Council of Rochester, and Women in Communications. A W.T. Grant Scholar, she is a graduate of the University at Buffalo with a bachelor's degree in English and psychology, and she earned her master's degree in film studies at the University of Rochester.

Writing Credits : Building Stone, Western New York Physician, Projection Lights and Staging News, Lighting & Sound America, North American Birds, Birding Magazine, Waterworld, Stage Directions, Modern Medicine, Rosco Spectrum blog

Awards and Recognition : Public Relations Society of America PRISM Awards (Regional): ''Making It'' video script and production, 1992 Rochester Business Journal 40 Under 40, Class of 1996 Public Relations Society of America PRISM Awards (Regional): ''Never Shake a Baby'' video PSAs, 2001 Rochester Advertising Federation: ''Scensibles'' packaging and promotional copy, 2005

Skills (Select all that apply) : Blog posts, Case studies, Content marketing, Editing, Feature writing, Fundraising appeals, Speechwriting, Books, Articles

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