William deBuys
Author of The Last Unicorn: A Search for One of Earth's Rarest Creatures
About the Author
William deBuys is the author of many books, including, most recently, The Last Unicorn: A Search for One of Earth's Rarest Creatures. He lives in northern New Mexico.
Disambiguation Notice:
Full name: William Eno DeBuys
Image credit: photo by Ben Moscona
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- Birthdate
- 1949
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- El Valle, New Mexico, USA
- Occupations
- writer
conservationist - Organizations
- Valles Caldera Trust
- Short biography
- [excerpted from author's website]
Conservationist and writer William deBuys is the author of ten books. He has been a Kluge Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Library of Congress (2018), a Guggenheim Fellow (2008-2009), and a Lyndhurst Fellow (1986-1988). He was the founding Chair of the Valles Caldera Trust, responsible for administering the 89,000-acre Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico (2001-2004). He lives on the farm he has tended since 1976 in the remote village of El Valle in New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo mountains. - Disambiguation notice
- Full name: William Eno DeBuys
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- Works
- 9
- Members
- 400
- Popularity
- #60,685
- Rating
- 4.1
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- 9
- ISBNs
- 31
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