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NEW FROM GARY SCHMELZ

The Trilogy

Book One 

Book Two 

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Book Three 

OTHER GARY SCHMELZ BOOKS

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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

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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 Time Travelers, The Devil's Cauldron, JapapaThe 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

NOW ON AMAZON

BOOK THREE OF THE
JAPAPA TRILOGY 

In book three of the Japapa Trilogy, Sharkman enters a wormhole to install an anti-global warming device fifty years in the future. When the demons, Baka and Japapa, become aware of Sharkman's plan, they prepare to stop the installation. At this point, the powerful magician known as The Seer works with the three teens and the voodoo priestess, Mama Atabei, to save Sharkman and the project...

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