The word is out: Michael Welland, author of Sand: the Never-ending Story and Monday's guest blogger here, is being honored. Sand has been awarded the 2009 John Burroughs Medal, which puts Michael in extremely esteemed company: John McPhee, Gary Paul Nabhan, William Beebe, Edwin Way Teale, Aldo Leopold, Roger Tory Peterson, Barry Lopez, and David Quammen are among the luminaries who have earned this award. Well done, Michael! You make us proud.

I can't wait to see what this guy writes next...

Labels: awards, books