About me
Obi Kaufmann is the author of The California Field Atlas (#1 San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller), The State of Water, The Forests of California, The Coasts of California (San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller), The Deserts of California (San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller), and The State of Fire (Los Angeles Times Bestseller). His most recent book is California Inside Out: Mapping an Ecology of Mind. When he is not backpacking, you can find the painter-poet at home in the East Bay, posting trail paintings at his handle @coyotethunder on Instagram. His speaking tour dates are available at californiafieldatlas.com, and his essays are posted at coyoteandthunder.com.