Rebecca Renner

Okay, I'm here. I'm alive. I'll try to be interesting.

Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades Hardcover – November 14, 2023 Coupon: $5.20 coupon applied to one item at checkout Terms "Delivers everything its title promises and much more." - NPR "Remarkable... Every species, and every person who fights for its continued existence, deserves a book like this." ― The New York Times "This nail-biter account has the intensity of the best true crime... A high-def tale that ensnares you from the start." ―People David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the mysterious world of alligator poaching and its larger than life Floridian characters

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Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades Hardcover – November 14, 2023 by Rebecca Renner (Author) 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 31 ratings 4.1 on Goodreads 155 ratings #1 New Release in Environmentalism See all formats and editions Coupon: $5.20 coupon applied to one item at checkout Terms "Delivers everything its title promises and much more." - NPR "Remarkable... Every species, and every person who fights for its continued existence, deserves a book like this." ― The New York Times "This nail-biter account has the intensity of the best true crime... A high-def tale that ensnares you from the start." ―People David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the mysterious world of alligator poaching and its larger than life Floridian characters

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GC has gotten rave reviews from NPR, the New York Times, Washington Post, People & more!

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I found a cat crying in my apartment building hallway. I am both hoping and not hoping I can find its owner. Basically, I'm in the middle of Schrödinger's cat distribution system.

American crocodiles are spreading north in Florida. That’s a good thing. The reptile, less aggressive than the American alligator, has been spotted 200 miles north of the Florida Everglades, suggesting it's reclaiming its former territory.

Every day, it seems like a new animal is taking over the Sunshine State. This time, it's actually good news. My latest for @NatGeo:

"American crocodiles are spreading north in Florida. That’s a good thing."

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Thank you for such an amazing review! Bonus points for the Jimmy Buffet reference.

Review | ‘Gator Country’ is about beautiful nature and nefarious humanity Rebecca Renner’s book marvels at the reptiles and follows an undercover attempt to catch poachers.

For the @washingtonpost.com, I reviewed the rip-roaringly good “Gator Country,” the first book from @rebeccarenner.bsky.social. She knows from the swampy terrain and you should chomp down on it this holiday season.

H/T @johnwilliams.bsky.social

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I'm back home from my book tour for now. Here are some pics from my event at Tombolo Books, where Gator Country was this week's bestseller! The photo on the right includes Gator Country's main character, Jeff Babauta.

November’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction Robert Darnton’s The Revolutionary Temper, Barbra Streisand’s My Name is Barbra, and Paul Caruana Galizia’s A Death in Malta all feature among this month’s best reviewed nonfictio…

Gator Country is one of November’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction books, according to Literary Hub and Bookmarks! And they haven't even aggregated all its great reviews yet! If you haven't read it, you're missing out.

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Gator Country is People Magazine's Book of the Week!

This month, my book has been recommended by People, the New York Times, and Scientific American.

Don't know of any other books with that weird trifecta. I love it!

Thank you!

A Journey Into the Heart of the Everglades, and the Alligator Poacher Sting that Divided a Community In January 2020, I drove down from Orlando to the easternmost edge of the Everglades and booked a room in the neon-dazzled Miccosukee Casino & Resort, a hotel in the no-man’s-land between the g…

Gator Country is out today!

"Every species, and every person who fights for its continued existence, deserves a book like this." — The New York Times

Read an excerpt in Crime Reads:

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Florida Man Chases Poachers In “Gator Country,” Rebecca Renner goes beyond the stereotypes to pay tribute to her beloved Everglades.

Gator Country got the most glowing review in the New York Times Book Review, written by Lydia Millet! Even the review itself is a work of art. My jaw is on the floor. I feel so honored.

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I did a video version of my Nat Geo Tegu story. What do you think?

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I'm looking forward to your take on the whole thing. From descriptions, it sounds like something I would either absolutely love or absolutely hate. But whale-fact-ness might push the needle toward love.

A dog-size lizard is threatening the U.S. South. Can it be stopped? Argentine black-and-white tegus are breeding in multiple states, posing a threat to native species. But recent efforts to trap them may be paying off.

A dog-size lizard is threatening the U.S. South. Can it be stopped?

Argentine black-and-white tegus are breeding in multiple states, posing a threat to native species. But recent efforts to trap them may be paying off.

Read my latest story in Nat Geo:

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9 New November 2023 Nonfiction Releases to Curl Up With This November's array of new nonfiction releases are perfect for cozying up with as it gets darker earlier.

Thanks to Jaime Herndon for the mention in this Book Riot list, "9 New November 2023 Nonfiction Releases To Curl Up With"!

Gator Country is in wonderful company.

The book I'm most looking forward to on this list is The Night Parade by @jaminlin.bsky.social

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Best books of November 2023, as chosen by Amazon editors Jonathan Evison's "Again and Again," Rebecca Yarros's "Iron Flame," and Amanda Peters's "The Berry Pickers," and more.

Amazon's best books of November 2023, including Gator Country!
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Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades by Rebecca Renner Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades Gators, tricksters, double-agents, and poachers collide in this book that has Susan Orlean and David Grann vibes—in other words, Gator Country is heart-pounding narrative nonfiction that reads like fiction. After a hot tip from one of her students questioning the morality of a sting operation to catch poachers, Rebecca Renner sets out to uncover what exactly goes on in the humid waters of the Everglades—“the lungs of [the] planet.” And what she finds is not just a cat (gator) and mouse story of those laying down the law to prevent hunters from absconding with alligator hides to make into designer shoes. It’s a story of the land—who owns it and who doesn’t, who is protecting it and who isn’t (it might not be who you think!)—economic opportunity and its absence, survival and death, and just how deep undercover agents go to catch the “ba

More great news! Amazon editors picked Gator Country as one of the best books of November! (Link in next post)

It's a wonderful feeling!

My book, Gator Country, is a best seller in environmentalist & naturalist biographies, and the number one new release in that category.

It was also in the Goodreads newsletter today.

AND there's more good news to come. Pinch me. I must be dreaming!

Gluck's work refused to turn away from the ugly. In fact, she saw the beauty in the dirty mundanity of human existence.

That vision continues to echo in my writing. The mundane needs neither polishing nor transcendence to become art. It just needs the right writer to see it. 4/4

I just couldn't explain how much joy it gave me to be eviscerated by *the* Louise Gluck, especially not to her face. So she continued to believe I had a screw loose for year. Ha. Nonetheless, her work and her workshop left an indelible impression on me. 3/4

"It's like it was written by a totally different person," Gluck said of the bad poem.

I absolutely befuddled her, because I was grinning the whole time. She even asked me why afterwards. I said I agreed that the second poem was terrible.

But... 2/4

I'm so sad to hear Louise Gluck has died. Her work was as unapologetic as she was.

I was lucky to study with her at Bread Loaf when I was 21, because she had hand-picked one of my poems. She sang that poem's praises in workshop, but she ripped another one of my poems to shreds 1/4

The truth is often stranger than fiction. The first time I heard the story of Operation Alligator Thief, it came to me as a rumor from one of my high school students.

Read how I first learned about the story that would become my book, Gator Country: "The truth is often stranger than fiction." open.substack.com/pub/renner/p...

I'm LibraryThing's featured author of the month! Read the interview I did with them here:

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Gator Country David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the mysterious world of alligator poaching and its larger tha...

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Thanks! Now I'm in the begging people to notice me part of the publishing journey

My publisher has teamed up with @gatorsdaily.bsky.social to do a giveaway of my book, Gator Country!

It's a gator true crime adventure.

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