{{short description|American naturalist and writer}} {{Infobox writer | embed = | honorific_prefix = | name = Susan Cerulean | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per WP:DOB. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = | language = | nationality = American | citizenship = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | education = | alma_mater = University of Florida | period = | genre =Non-fiction | subject =Environment | movement = | notable_works = | spouse = <!-- or: | spouses = --> | partner = <!-- or: | partners = --> | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.org}} --> | portaldisp = <!-- "on", "yes", "true", etc.; or omit --> }} '''Susan Cerulean''' is an American naturalist and writer. She authored a book about environmental issues facing swallow-tailed kites and wrote about environmental issues in her memoir, ''Coming to Pass''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Elise |title=Earth Advocate Susan Cerulean Speaks Out On Climate Change In "Coming to Pass" |url=https://www.wuft.org/news/2016/12/27/earth-advocate-susan-cerulean-speaks-out-climate-change-in-coming-to-pass/ |website=WUFT |accessdate=21 November 2020 |date=December 27, 2016}}</ref>
==Biography== She has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Eckerd College and received a master's degree in horticulture from the University of Florida. She worked for an environmental organization and then as a lobbyist for environmental group in Tallahassee before taking a position with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC). Her projects with the state agency included the development of a Florida Wildlife Viewing Guide.<ref name=td/>
WFSU's Tom Flanagan described her as "one of North Florida's most celebrated nature writers."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.wfsu.org/state-news/2020-10-13/susan-cerulean-connects-personal-and-universal-ecologies-in-her-latest-book|title=Susan Cerulean Connects Personal And Universal Ecologies In Her Latest Book|date=October 13, 2020|website=WFSU News}}</ref>
Her husband is oceanographer Jeff Chanton.<ref name=td>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Courteney |title=Susan Cerulean speaks up for Florida in memoir |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/life/2015/04/05/susan-cerulean-speaks-florida-memoir/25286201/ |website=Tallahassee Democrat |date=April 5, 2015}}</ref>
==Selected works== *''I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird: A Daughter’s Memoir''<ref name=tt>{{cite web |last1=Bancroft |first1=Colette |title=Susan Cerulean's memoir mourns decline of father, planet |url=https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/arts/books/2020/11/07/susan-ceruleans-memoir-mourns-decline-of-father-planet/ |website=Tampa Bay Times |accessdate=21 November 2020 |language=en |date=November 7, 2020}}</ref> (2020) *''Coming to Pass: Florida's Coastal Islands in a Gulf of Change'' University of Georgia Press (2015) *''Tracking Desire: A Journey After Swallow-Tailed Kites'', University of Georgia Press (2005)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e32p_gIlXD0C|title=Tracking Desire: A Journey After Swallow-tailed Kites|first=Susan|last=Cerulean|date=November 21, 2005|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=9780820326979|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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