Welcome!

Julie Hammonds is a freelance writer-photographer and the associate editor of Arizona Wildlife Views magazine. Through words and pictures, she helps people understand wildlife and the natural world.

If you'd like to read some of Julie's work, here you'll find feature articles, personal essays, travel articles, and short fiction. To watch Julie's writing process in action, visit her blog, words4wildlife. For samples of her photography, check out words4wildlife on Flickr.

Julie is in the final stages of editing a history book about wildlife management in Arizona from statehood in 1912 through 1962. "Bringing Back the Game" is due to be published in spring 2012, to coincide with Arizona's centennial.

Latest news:

The Arizona Wildlife Views crew is putting the January–February 2012 issue to bed and editing the March–April issue. Julie's taking a writing break to concentrate on the final edits to "Bringing Back the Game." She hopes to write a feature article for the July–August issue.

Next up:

The January–February 2012 issue includes an article Julie co-wrote with David Brown, the author of "Bringing Back the Game."

The best way to read Julie's latest articles is to subscribe to Arizona Wildlife Views.