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Member: rebeccakoconnor

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About meRebecca K. O’Connor had published essays in South Dakota Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, Los Angeles Times Magazine, West, divide, and was a Pushcart Nominee for the 2008 Prize. Her novel, Falcon’s Return was a Holt Medallion Finalist for best first romance novel and she has published numerous reference books on the natural world. She has an MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts from the University of California, Riverside.

As a professional animal trainer, O’Connor has worked with a variety of exotic animals in zoos and private facilities around the United States and abroad. She has been a falconer for fifteen years and is a nationally known parrot behaviorist and sought after lecturer. Her book A Parrot for Life: Raising and Training the Perfect Parrot Companion is widely available from TFH

In all of O'Connor’s work she strives to illuminate or foil the human condition through the animals that surround us. Whether it is to give a science-based lecture, write a serious how-to book or crafting deeply personal prose, the foundation of everything in her life is a love for animals. She hopes that her life’s work will help people understand the animals (including other humans) that surround them and relish their relationships.

About my libraryA rickety balance between reference books, business books and literature.

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Member sinceJun 1, 2009

Currently readingThe Monkey Wrench Gang (P.S.) by Edward Abbey
Silverstein and Me: A Memoir by Marv Gold
Love Junkie: A Memoir by Rachel Resnick
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America by John M. Barry