MEDIA & REVIEWS
“The book burbles from one crisis to the next like a hungry gator roaming a pond full of plastic swans."
A Tribute to Schmelz's Father
HARRIET HEITHAUS
JOURNEY TO THE END OF EDEN
Easy Read
"This novel is easy to read, engaging, and one is unable to put it down until the book is completed. Looking forward to the next novel."
P. CARABELLI
JAPAPA
“The Gift” is about a girl in Southwest Florida transported back through time."
Environment & Preservation
KEN MOORE
THE GIFT
BIO
Gary was the Director of the Big Cypress Nature Center and Director of Education for The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, where he designed curriculum for students in preschool through grade 8. Additionally, he assisted in the development of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Nature Center on Key Biscayne, Florida, and served on the board and as president of the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum on Sanibel, Florida.
Gary has traveled extensively in the Bahamas and Caribbean.
His publications include The Devil's Cauldron, Japapa, The Gift, a young adult novel; Native Wildflowers of Southwest
Florida (with Glen Stacell); a memoir, Journey to the Edge of Eden; and a photographic
book, Fabulous Florida Fossil Shells.
NEWS AND EVENTS
JUST RELEASED
BOOK TWO OF THE
JAPAPA TRILOGY
Book Two of the Japapa trilogy resumes with the three teens searching for treasure from a Spanish galleon that allegedly sank off Fortune Island. At the same time, the demon Baka continues to seek revenge against them and Sharkman. The demon sends a horrific hurricane to the Bahamas during which he throws Sharkman back to Pompeii just prior to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius...
