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 Time Travelers, 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
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...








