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Rebecca Renner
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Journalist, Novelist, Floridian 🐊 GATOR COUNTRY out 11/14 from Flatiron Books. 🐊 other words in
@NatGeo @OutsideMagazine @NYTimes etc; rep: Julia Eagleton
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Sale alert! Get 30 percent off GATOR COUNTRY's hardcover price!

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Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades Hardcover – November 14, 2023 Coupon: $5.20 coupon applied to one item at checkout Terms "Delivers everything its title promises and much more." - NPR "Remarkable... Every species, and every person who fights for its continued existence, deserves a book like this." ― The New York Times "This nail-biter account has the intensity of the best true crime... A high-def tale that ensnares you from the start." ―People David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the mysterious world of alligator poaching and its larger than life Floridian characters
December 11, 2023 at 10:39 PM
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Book sale alert! 🚨 Take advantage of this short Amazon promotion for GATOR COUNTRY. Apply the coupon for $5.20 off the hardcover's already discounted price.

GC has gotten rave reviews from NPR, the New York Times, Washington Post, People & more!

Link in next post.
Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades Hardcover – November 14, 2023 by Rebecca Renner (Author) 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 31 ratings 4.1 on Goodreads 155 ratings #1 New Release in Environmentalism See all formats and editions Coupon: $5.20 coupon applied to one item at checkout Terms "Delivers everything its title promises and much more." - NPR "Remarkable... Every species, and every person who fights for its continued existence, deserves a book like this." ― The New York Times "This nail-biter account has the intensity of the best true crime... A high-def tale that ensnares you from the start." ―People David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the mysterious world of alligator poaching and its larger than life Floridian characters
December 11, 2023 at 10:37 PM
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I'm back home from my book tour for now. Here are some pics from my event at Tombolo Books, where Gator Country was this week's bestseller! The photo on the right includes Gator Country's main character, Jeff Babauta.
December 1, 2023 at 9:45 PM
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Gator Country is People Magazine's Book of the Week!

This month, my book has been recommended by People, the New York Times, and Scientific American.

Don't know of any other books with that weird trifecta. I love it!
November 29, 2023 at 7:32 PM
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I did a video version of my Nat Geo Tegu story. What do you think?

www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRvLqQrh/
November 9, 2023 at 4:51 PM
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More great news! Amazon editors picked Gator Country as one of the best books of November! (Link in next post)
Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades by Rebecca Renner Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades Gators, tricksters, double-agents, and poachers collide in this book that has Susan Orlean and David Grann vibes—in other words, Gator Country is heart-pounding narrative nonfiction that reads like fiction. After a hot tip from one of her students questioning the morality of a sting operation to catch poachers, Rebecca Renner sets out to uncover what exactly goes on in the humid waters of the Everglades—“the lungs of [the] planet.” And what she finds is not just a cat (gator) and mouse story of those laying down the law to prevent hunters from absconding with alligator hides to make into designer shoes. It’s a story of the land—who owns it and who doesn’t, who is protecting it and who isn’t (it might not be who you think!)—economic opportunity and its absence, survival and death, and just how deep undercover agents go to catch the “ba
November 1, 2023 at 6:27 PM
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My book, Gator Country, is a best seller in environmentalist & naturalist biographies, and the number one new release in that category.

It was also in the Goodreads newsletter today.

AND there's more good news to come. Pinch me. I must be dreaming!
October 31, 2023 at 5:09 PM
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I'm LibraryThing's featured author of the month! Read the interview I did with them here:

blog.librarything.com/2023/10/an-i...
October 12, 2023 at 5:33 PM
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My publisher has teamed up with @gatorsdaily.bsky.social to do a giveaway of my book, Gator Country!

It's a gator true crime adventure.

Enter here: read.macmillan.com/fib/gatorcou...
October 4, 2023 at 2:50 PM
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My third grade teacher is excited for my book! Imagine having a rambunctious weirdo who can't spell in your class, and she grows up to be an author.
August 3, 2023 at 7:31 PM
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I'm writing a short story for the first time since the pandemic began. Every time I write a potentially insightful line, I think, Is this brilliant or is this full of shit?

Now I have a theory. Behold:
August 3, 2023 at 4:58 AM