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Cynthia Barnett

Cynthia Barnett is the author of three previous books, including Rain, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and named a finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing. She lives with her family in Gainesville, Florida, where she is also Environmental Journalist in Residence at the University of Florida.

Cynthia Barnett

Awards

Commended — Rachel Carson Environment Book Award, 2022

Books by Cynthia Barnett

The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans
Cynthia Barnett
Hardback, 2021
A history of shells and the creatures that make them, revealing their outsized role in human affairs and what they have to tell us about the changing oceans.
The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans
Cynthia Barnett
E Book, 2021
A history of shells and the creatures that make them, revealing their outsized role in human affairs and what they have to tell us about the changing oceans.
The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans
Cynthia Barnett
Paperback, 2022
A compelling history of seashells and the animals that make them, revealing what they have to tell us about nature, our changing oceans and ourselves

Cynthia Barnett

Awards

Books by Cynthia Barnett

The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans

The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans

The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans