Kathryn Aalto

Kathryn Aalto is an American landscape designer, historian, educator and New York Times Bestselling author[1] based in Exeter, England.[2]

Early life

Kathryn Aalto grew up between San Francisco and the Sierras in California's San Joaquin Valley where she developed a lifelong interest in landscape history, design and literature of place. She was educated at the University of California at Berkeley, Western Washington University, the London College of Garden Design[3] and the University of Bristol, from which she received a Bachelor's in English, a Master's in English, a Diploma in Garden Design and a Master's in Garden History.

Career

Books

Kathryn Aalto is best known for her book, The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood,[4] published in 2015 by Timber Press, which became a New York Times Bestseller in February 2016.[1] It was featured on NPR's "All Things Considered" on October 26, 2015 and selected as a People magazine Best Pick in Nonfiction in November 2015. Extensive coverage of the book included an article[5] and review[6] in The Washington Post, articles in The Boston Globe[7] and The Oregonian,[4] as well as radio interviews on NPR,[8] WAMC[9] and MPR.[10] She is also the author of Nature and Human Intervention[11] about the Italian garden designer Luciano Guibbilei.[12]

  • Aalto, Kathryn (2015). The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood. Timber Press. ISBN 978-1604695991..[13] This book appeared on New York Times bestseller list in February 2016.[1]
  • Aalto, Kathryn; Giubbilei, Luciano (2011). Nature and Human Intervention. Luciano Giubbilei Design. ISBN 9780957035508.

Teaching and public speaking

As an educator, she has taught American Literature of Nature and Place, Critical Thinking and Composition and other writing courses at Western Washington University, Everett Community College and Exeter College where she is an adjunct lecturer.[14] A dynamic public speaker, Kathryn Aalto lectures widely, both in the United States and England, on landscape history and creative careers to libraries, schools, historical societies, botanical gardens, universities and civic clubs. Past venues have included Harvard Universities Arnold Arboretum,[15] The New York Public Library,[16] the Northwest Flower and Garden Show[17] and the Virginia Festival of the Book.[18] She also gives inspirational talks on interdisciplinary careers, creativity and writing.

Personal life

Kathryn Aalto resides in Exeter, England. She has lived in Escalon, Berkeley, Seattle, Monroe and Exeter, England.[2]

References
  1. New York Times Bestseller List, Travel, February 2016
  2. Youlden, Mary (31 August 2013). "Exeter Lives: Kathryn Aalto". The Exeter Daily. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  3. "London College of Garden Design". Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  4. Eastman, Janet (3 February 2016). "Winnie-the-Pooh's real forest: Meet author Kathryn Aalto (photos)". The Oregonian. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  5. Higgins, Adrian (11 November 2015). "The real forest that inspired the stories of Winnie-the-Pooh". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  6. Quattlebaum, Mary (15 October 2015). "'The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh' is a honey pot of nostalgia". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  7. Tuttle, Kate (14 November 2015). "Landscape historian Kathryn Aalto on Winnie-the-Pooh's forest". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  8. Shapiro, Ari (18 January 2016). "The real forest that inspired the stories of Winnie-the-Pooh". Northeast Public Radio (NPR). Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  9. Donahue, Joe (21 October 2015). "The Natural World Of Winnie-The-Pooh". WAMC. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  10. Mumford, Tracy (4 November 2015). "Inside Winnie-the-Pooh's real Hundred Acre Wood". MPR. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  11. Nature and Human Intervention. Amazon. ASIN 0957035500.
  12. Heather, Duncan (October 2011). "New Book by Luciano Giubbilei: Nature and Human Intervention". Oxford College of Garden Design. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  13. Gilbert White & The Oates Collections, Q&A With Kathryn Aalto, 12 May 2016
  14. "Speaker Profile - Kathryn Aalto". Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  15. The Arnold Arboretum (15 November 2015). "The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: The Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood". The Arnold Arboretum. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  16. The New York Public Library (17 October 2015). "Children's Literary Salon: The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  17. Northwest Flower and Garden Show (17 February 2016). "KATHRYN AALTO: U.K. WRITER, DESIGNER AND AUTHOR, THE NATURAL WORLD OF WINNIE-THE-POOH". Northwest Flower and Garden Show. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  18. Virginia Festival of the Book 2016 (17 March 2016). "Speaker: Kathryn Aalto". Virginia Festival of the Book. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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