Charles Siebert

Professor of Practice of Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi


Charles Siebert is the author of three critically acclaimed memoirs, The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward A New Understanding of Animals (2009), A Man After His Own Heart (2004), and Wickerby: An Urban Pastoral (1998), a New York Times Notable Book of 1998, as well as a novel, Angus; an e-book, Rough Beasts: The Zanesville Zoo Massacre One Year Later; and a children’s book, The Secret World of Whales. A poet, journalist, essayist, and contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, he has written for The New YorkerHarper’s MagazineVanity FairEsquireOutsideMen’s JournalNational Geographic, and numerous other publications.

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