About

Anne Minard

Anne Minard is a freelance writer living in Tennessee. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and a master’s degree, also in biology, from Flagstaff’s Northern Arizona University. She began her career as a science and environmental reporter for newspapers in the West. Her early writing won awards from the Arizona Associated Press Managing Editor’s Association (APME) and the Arizona Press Club, among other organizations. For several years, she also reported and produced stories for KNAU/Arizona Public Radio, Flagstaff’s National Public Radio affiliate. A freelance science journalist in recent years, Anne has written stories for National Geographic News, the New York Times and many other outlets. She has also expanded her writing to include feature stories, travel narratives and personal essays – and has recently launched a new blog, “100 Days of Science.”

Her first book, Pluto and Beyond, was published in 2007.

When she’s not writing, Anne swims, bikes, runs and competes occasionally in triathlons. She’s an outdoor enthusiast, loves animals (particularly her dog, Cedar), travels, reads and enjoys word games – mostly Scrabble. Although Anne’s family members live in the eastern states and she loves spending time near them, her heart pines for the mountains and deserts of the West, and she knows she’ll return there someday.