Sneed B. Collard III, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sneed B. Collard III

author

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1959

Place of Birth: Santa Barbara, California, United States

Profession: writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Sneed Body Collard III (born November 7, 1959) is an American author. On November 4, 2006, Collard received the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award, presented annually to "an author or illustrator whose total body of work has contributed significantly to the quality of nonfiction for children." In 2006, Collard also received the American Association for the Advancement of Science(AAAS) award for his science book The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands. Collard has written more than 80 books for young people, including Shep—Our Most Loyal Dog, Fire Birds: Valuing Natural Wildfires and Burned Forests, Hopping Ahead of Climate Change: Snowshoe Hares, Science, and Survival, and Dog Sense.
He is also the author of an adult memoir, Warblers & Woodpeckers: A Father-Son Big Year of Birding (2018, Mountaineers Books) and a professional development textbook, Teaching Nonfiction Revision: A Professional Writer Shares Strategies, Tips, and Lessons (Heinemann, 2017). His articles have appeared in Environmental Action, The Humanist, Florida Wildlife, Islands, Cricket, and Highlights for Children.