Bill McKibben, born on December 8, 1960, is a freelance writer currently living with his family in the Adirondack Mountains in New York State. His writings concern the impact of society and culture on the global environment. He earned his Bachelors degree from Harvard College in 1982. McKibben wrote over 400 articles for the "Talk of the Town" column featured in The New Yorker magazine during the 1980s. His honors include Lyndhurst Fellow (1988-1991), Honorary Doctorate from Lebanon Valley College (1991), and Guggenheim Fellowship (1993).
A list of his publications includes:
- McKibben, Bill. The End of Nature.
New York: Random House, 1989.
- McKibben, Bill. The Age of Missing Information. New York: Random House, 1992
- McKibben, Bill. Hope, Human and Wild. Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1995
From the guide to the Bill McKibben Papers, R13. 1., 1971-2001 and undated, (Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University)