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Erica Gies

Erica Gies is the the author of Water Always Wins: Thriving in an age of drought and deluge (2022). An independent journalist, she covers science and the environment from Victoria, British Columbia, and San Francisco. Her work has appeared in Scientific American, National Geographic, Nature, the New York Times and other publications. When she's not writing, Erica loves to hike and is a big fan of plants and critters.

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