Author Visit with Mary Ellen Hannibal Author of: Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope In an Age of Extinction

In the vein of H Is for Hawk and the works of Rebecca Solnit and Elizabeth Kolbert, award-winning writer and environmental thought leader Mary Ellen Hannibal comes to Cupertino Library for an evening lecture on becoming a citizen scientist. For her latest book, Citizen Scientist, Ms. Hannibal waded in tide pools, followed hawks, and scoured mountains to collect data on threatened and endangered species.  Inspired by the recent loss of her father, she found solace in trying to slow and reverse another kind of loss.  Her book is both a memoir and meticulously researched work of science.