John Manuel is a writer and editor who specializes in energy, the environment and international health. A versatile writer with seventeen years experience, John adeptly handles technical subjects, as well as essays and features. He has published everything from guidebooks to creative non-fiction to articles in peer reviewed journals and popular magazines.
John is the author of two books, The Natural Traveler Along North Carolina's Coast (John Blair) and The Canoeist (Jefferson Press).
John is a regular contributor to Environmental Health Perspectives, the journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Insight, the journal of the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research; and Wildlife in North Carolina. His articles have also appeared in Orion, Audubon, Canoe & Kayak, and Backpacker.
Learn more about John's expertise. Read a selection of most recent articles from this page.
See what reviewers are saying about John's latest book, The Canoeist here. Or listen to a public radio show with John as the featured guest here.
You can view John's three part series on stream restoration: Revival on the Mitchell, Little Sugar sees the Light, and Sharon's Wish from this page.