Sarah Elmeligi has been working with bears for nearly 20 years. After completing her Masters research examining the impacts of bear-viewing tourism on bear behaviour in the K’tzim-a-deen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary on the northern tip of the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia, she completed her PhD studying grizzly bear habitat use of hiking trails in the Canadian Rocky Mountain national parks. Sarah is truly an interdisciplinary researcher and values incorporating the human dimension in her understanding of the bear–human relationship. Her research has been published in books, magazines, and scientific journals and presented at conferences around the world. Away from research, Sarah has worked tirelessly to increase protection of bear habitats and move communities towards successfully coexisting with bears. She has represented bears and their conservation as a scientist, environmentalist, and government land use planner. She currently lives in Canmore, Alberta, with her husband and daughters. For more information about Sarah’s work, please visit www.saraheconsulting.com

John E. Marriott is one of Canada’s premier professional wildlife and nature photographers, with a career spanning two decades and images published worldwide in National Geographic, BBC Wildlife, Canadian Geographic, Maclean’s, and Reader’s Digest. He is an Associate Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers and a co-founder of the EXPOSED Wildlife Conservancy. His books with RMB include The Pipestone Wolves: The Rise and Fall of a Wolf Family (with Günther Bloch), What Bears Teach Us (with Sarah Elmeligi), and The Kootenay Wolves: Five Years Following a Wild Wolf Pack. John has also produced four coffee-table books, including: Banff & Lake Louise: Images of Banff National Park, Wildlife of the Canadian Rockies: A Glimpse at Life on the Wild Side, The Canadian Rockies: Banff, Jasper & Beyond, and Tall Tales, Long Lenses: My Adventures in Photography. John prides himself on being a conservation photographer known for capturing wilderness scenes and wild, free-roaming animals in their natural habitats. He currently lives in Canmore, Alberta, with his wife, Jennifer, and his son, Porter.

MARKETING + PROMO:
National, regional, and subject-specific print features, excerpts, review coverage, broadcast and television interviews
Blogger outreach, online ads, and social media campaigns
Publicity and promotion in conjunction with author’s speaking engagements
Outreach to subject-specific organizations, markets, and festivals
Outreach to travel and tourism organizations
Electronic and print blads
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MEDIA + PUBLICITY:
Adventure Journal
Alberta Views
Canadian Geographic
CBC Calgary – The Homestretch
CBC Calgary – Daybreak Alberta
CTV Morning Live Calgary
Global Morning News Calgary
Crowfoot Media
Mountain Life
Rocky Mountain Outlook
51 Degrees North
Yukon North of Ordinary
Calgary Herald
Canadian Geographic
CJSW Writer’s Block
Kootenay Mountain Culture
Coast Mountain Culture
Crag and Canyon
Crowfoot Media
Outside Magazine
Globe and Mail
The Tyee
Above + Beyond
Outdoor Photography UK
Pique Newsmagazine

POTENTIAL BLURBERS:
G.A. Bradshaw, author of Talking with Bears
Jeff Gailus, author of The Grizzly Manifesto
Gunther Bloch, co-author of The Pipestone Wolves
Kevin Van Tighem, author of Bears Without Fear
Bryce Andrews, author of Down from the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear
Sid Marty, author of The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek
Darcia Narvaez, author of Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom
William J. Ripple, Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Oregon State University
Reed F. Noss, Davis–Shine Endowed Professor at the University of Florida
Jeffrey Masson, author of The Secret World of Farm Animals
Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of Tamed and Untamed
John P. Gluck Jr., author of Voracious Science and Vulnerable Animals
David Abram, author of Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology
Ian McAllister, author of Great Bear Wild
Derrick Jensen, author of The Myth of Human Supremacy
Leroy Little Bear, Blackfoot researcher and professor emeritus at the University of Lethbridge
Mike Beedell, conservation photographer, wilderness guide, and outdoor educator
Charles Siebert, author of The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward a New Understanding of Animals
Doug Neasloss, chief councillor and stewardship director of the Kitasoo/Xai’Xais Nation
Marven Robinson, nature guide from the Gitga’at First Nation
Lucy Cooke, author of The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales
Benjamin Kilham, author of In the Company of Bears: What Black Bears Have Taught Me
Lynn Schooler, author of The Blue Bear: A True Story of Friendship and Discovery in the Alaskan Wild
Scott McMillion, author of Mark of the Grizzly: Stories of Recent Bear Attacks and the Hard Lessons Learned
Doug Peacock, author of Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness
Else Poulsen, author of Smiling Bears: A Zookeeper Explores the Behaviour and Emotional Life of Bears