Richard Louv
Richard Louv is the author of seven books about family, nature, and community, including Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature Deficit Disorder (Algonquin). Among his other books are Childhood's Future (Anchor), The Web of Life, (Conari), Fly-Fishing for Sharks: An Angler's Journey Across America (Simon & Schuster), and America II (Houghton Mifflin). He is a columnist for The San Diego Union-Tribune and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor and other newspapers and magazines. He also served as a columnist and member of the editorial advisory board for Parents magazine, and as a commentator on Monitor Radio. He is also a partner in The Frameworks Institute and a member of the Citistates Group, an association of urban observers. He helped found Connect for Kids, the largest child advocacy site on the World Wide Web.