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Erich Hoyt

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born

Akron, Ohio, The United States

gender

male

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http://www.erichhoyt.com

genre

Nonfiction, Outdoors & Nature, Science

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October 2008

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“Erich Hoyt has spent much of his life on or near the sea, working with whales and dolphins and marine conservation. An award-winning author, he has written or co-written 17 books and hundreds of magazine articles on whales, dolphins, as well as ants, insects, wild plants and other subjects.

Erich is currently Senior Research Fellow with WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society in the UK, and Head of WDCS’s Global Campaign for Marine Protected Areas. For the past 9 years, he has jointly directed the first killer whale (orca) study in eastern Russia (in Kamchatka), an international collaboration with Russian scientists. The project has won the prestigious Klüh Prize for Innovation in Science ($10,000 pr...more A bio from one of my publishers:

“Erich Hoyt has spent much of his life on or near the sea, working with whales and dolphins and marine conservation. An award-winning author, he has written or co-written 17 books and hundreds of magazine articles on whales, dolphins, as well as ants, insects, wild plants and other subjects.

Erich is currently Senior Research Fellow with WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society in the UK, and Head of WDCS’s Global Campaign for Marine Protected Areas. For the past 9 years, he has jointly directed the first killer whale (orca) study in eastern Russia (in Kamchatka), an international collaboration with Russian scientists. The project has won the prestigious Klüh Prize for Innovation in Science ($10,000 prize) from Germany. Erich is also currently co-chair of the program committee and member of the steering committee for the first conference on marine mammal protected areas (www.icmmpa.org), recently held in Maui, Hawaii.

Erich has researched and written numerous conservation and scientific reports as a consultant and advisor for international conservation groups and governments and is considered an authority on whales and dolphins, marine-protected areas and marine conservation, whale watching and ecotourism. He has lectured and worked on conservation and scientific projects in Japan, Russia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Iceland, Mexico, Chile, and the Caribbean. He has also taught as a visiting lecturer at the Ohio State University, the University of Edinburgh, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Erich’s magazine and newspaper credits include: National Geographic, New Scientist, Canadian Geographic, The Sunday Times (London), The Guardian, The New York Times, Defenders, International Wildlife. Twice a James Thurber Writer-in-Residence, and a Vannevar Bush Fellow at MIT and Harvard in 1985-86, he has 15 magazine and book awards including the Outstanding Book of the Year Award from the American Society of Journalists & Authors, Inc., in New York (2002).

Two of his adult nonfiction books, The Earth Dwellers and Insect Lives, have been optioned for films. His books for children include Whale Rescue, Meeting the Whales and Riding with the Dolphins (all published by Firefly Books) and Extinction A-Z. His first book, Orca: The Whale Called Killer is still in print after 28 years and was recently translated into Japanese. His other books have been translated into Chinese, German, Danish, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch and other languages.

Erich is a charter member of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, as well as a long-time member of the European Cetacean Society, the Writers' Guild, the American Society of Journalists & Authors and the Society of Authors. In 2006, he was invited to be a member of the IUCN’s Species Survival Commission - Cetacean Specialist Group, and in 2008, the IUCN-WCPA High Seas MPA Task Force.

A dual Canadian-American citizen, Erich lives in Scotland with his wife and four children."(less)

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Average rating: 4.25 · 111 ratings · 17 reviews · 22 distinct works

	Orca: The Whale Called Killer by Erich Hoyt (Goodreads Author), Susan Brody (Editor), Susan Dickinson (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 34 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Earth Dwellers: Adventures in the Land of Ants 4.30 avg rating — 23 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Creatures of the Deep: In Search of the Sea's 'Monsters' and the World They Live In 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Insect Lives: Stories of Mystery and Romance from a Hidden World by Erich Hoyt (Goodreads Author), Ted Schultz 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Whales, Dolphins & Porpoises by Erich Hoyt (Goodreads Author), R. Ewan Fordyce, Peter Gill 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	My rating:
	The Whales Of Canada 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	My rating:
	Whale Rescue: Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises: A World Handbook for Cetacean Habitat Conservation 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Whale-Watcher's Handbook 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1984	My rating:
	The Whale Watcher's Handbook by Erich Hoyt (Goodreads Author), Pieter Arend Folkens (Illustrator) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1984	My rating:

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Erich said: "Nice piece of work...I know Giuseppe Notarbartolo, the co-author, and I was pleased to see his sense of humour and life view coming through. It was like having an extended conversation with him but nicely put together with Jeff's arguments as well. A...more "

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Erich gave to: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman read in February, 2012	My rating:
Stunning piece of work. So many illuminations.... At first thought it was a bit stodgy and had to stay with it, but it grows on you as the revelations come fast, deep and rich... Life-changing book. Makes me re-evaluate my perceptions of everything a...more
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Erich gave to: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami read in October, 2011	My rating:
I was really ready to read this book as I started running in the past year. I have read a couple Murakami novels and liked the way his characters seemed to capture something I sometimes see in my many Japanese friends, though not all of them by any m...more
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Erich gave to: Between Species: Celebrating the Dolphin-Human Bond by Toni Frohoff	My rating:
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Erich gave to: Whales and Dolphins: Cognition, Culture, Conservation and Human Perceptions by Philippa Brakes	My rating:
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Erich gave to: Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals by William F. Perrin	My rating:
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Erich gave to: Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals by William F. Perrin	My rating:
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Erich gave to: Voyage of the Beagle : Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches by Charles Darwin	My rating:
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Erich gave to: The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin	My rating:
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Erich gave to: Whoops!: Why Everyone Owes Everyone And No One Can Pay by John Lanchester	My rating:
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Erich gave to: Beyond Cosmic Dice: Moral Life in a Random World by Jeff Schweitzer (Goodreads Author) read in December, 2010	My rating:
Nice piece of work...I know Giuseppe Notarbartolo, the co-author, and I was pleased to see his sense of humour and life view coming through. It was like having an extended conversation with him but nicely put together with Jeff's arguments as well. A...more
Dec 07, 2011 01:07am · see review