Gretel Ehrlich was born on a horse ranch in California and was educated at Bennington College and UCLA film school. She is the author of 13 books including three books of narrative essays, a novel, a memoir, three books of poetry, a biography, a book of ethnology/travel, and a children’s book, among others. They are: THE SOLACE OF OPEN SPACES; DRINKING DRY CLOUDS; HEART MOUNTAIN; ISLANDS, THE UNIVERSE, HOME; A MATCH TO THE HEART; QUESTIONS OF HEAVEN; A BLIZZARD YEAR; JOHN MUIR, a biography; THIS COLD HEAVEN; THE FUTURE OF ICE, and IN THE EMPIRE OF ICE.
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