Susan Cerulean is an American naturalist and writer. She authored a book about environmental issues facing swallow-tailed kites and wrote about environmental issues in her memoir, Coming to Pass.
Biography She has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Eckerd College and received a master's degree in horticulture from the University of Florida. She worked for an environmental organization and then as a lobbyist for environmental group in Tallahassee before taking a position with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC). Her projects with the state agency included the development of a Florida Wildlife Viewing Guide.
WFSU's Tom Flanagan described her as "one of North Florida's most celebrated nature writers."
Her husband is oceanographer Jeff Chanton.
Selected works I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird: A Daughter’s Memoir (2020) Coming to Pass: Florida's Coastal Islands in a Gulf of Change University of Georgia Press (2015) Tracking Desire: A Journey After Swallow-Tailed Kites, University of Georgia Press (2005)
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