Michael Parks has reached an agreement with Bloomsbury to write Grass People, an adventurous examination of the world’s grasslands — the largest terrestrial biome and the source of most of our food. A graduate of the Yale School of the Environment and contributor to High Country News, the Atlantic, and Sierra magazine, Parks will chronicle journeys through the African savanna, the Mongolian steppe, the American prairie, the Brazilian cerrado, the Patagonian plains, and the pastures of France and Spain. On the way, he will show how grasslands have shaped human history, and how scientists, herders, ranchers, farmers, and Indigenous leaders are using ancient knowledge and modern research to understand and protect the vast grandeur of this vital habitat, whose preservation will be critical to preventing species loss and fighting climate change.
