Cassie Premo Steele

Cassie Premo Steele, Ph.D., is the author of 18 books, including Beaver Girl, her new novel championing the growing recognition of this climate change hero, and her poetry book, Swimming in Gilead, both coming out in the fall of 2023. Her poetry has won numerous awards, including the Archibald Rutledge Prize named after the first Poet Laureate of South Carolina, where she lives with her wife.