Janice E. Kirk is author and illustrator of The Road to Beaver Park, Painting, Perception, and Pilgrimage; The Christmas Redwood, a Forest Parable; Cherish the Earth, the Environment and Scripture; and illustrator of Wild Edible Plants of Western North America by D. R. Kirk. She has taught art, language arts, and music, including voice, at Simpson University, Redding, California. During a lifetime of family camping adventures in the American West, she sketched, painted, learned nature's ways, and grew to cherish the beauty of the earth.
Donald R. Kirk, author of Wild Edible Plants of Western North America, taught biology, anthropology, and nature photography at Shasta Community College in Redding, California for thirty-five years. He worked seasonally with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service. Together with family he enjoyed a lifetime of camping, fishing, and exploring the American West. He shared his love of nature with all who knew him.
