Peter BoffeyBorn and raised in metropolitan New York and rural New England, upon graduation from Bard College in 1970 the author went West and - except for travel and brief residences in Morocco, France, and Israel - he has stayed out West ever since. Fifty year of observation of the natural world there inevitably informs his writing, and his narratives often grow out of his firsthand experiences during a variegated career in gardening, landscape design, nursery production, and the commercial seed trade in Northern California and Oregon. A grandfather, Peter enjoys exploring the Pacific Coast States as much or more than ever, with a focus on their flora, fauna, geology, and cultural history. The author is currently at work on a collection of short fictions. Read More Read Less