Georgeanne Irvine

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Whether she's trekking through rain forests in Borneo to photograph orangutans and illegal loggers, cavorting with dolphins in the Bahamas to research a new book, or wrestling with 50-pound giant panda cubs to help promote wildlife tours to China,
Georgeanne Irvine's career is all about animals and sharing their stories with the world to raise awareness about conservation. By day, she is associate director of communications/development for the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park, where she has worked for 33-plus years. "George" is also the author of more than 20 children's books about wildlife plus numerous magazine, newspaper, and Web articles. Her most recent work is the coffee table book, "The Katrina Dolphins: One-Way Ticket to Paradise."

In her spare time George volunteers her writing and photography skills to various organizations, including the Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) and the Australian Koala Foundation. She is also the president of her own non-profit organization, The Gordy Foundation, which provides grants to grassroots wildlife conservation programs around the world. And she is co-founder of Writing Women in San Diego.

Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to and any scripts or plays I've authored

Bibliography:

The Katrina Dolphins: One-Way Ticket to Paradise, August 29, 2007

Simon & Schuster: Zoo World series--
Blanca and Arusha: Tales of Two Big Cats, Spring 1995
The Visit of Two Giant Pandas at the San Diego Zoo, Fall 1991
The Work of the Zoo Doctors at the San Diego Zoo, Fall 1991
Raising Gordy Gorilla at the San Diego Zoo, Fall 1990
Protecting Endangered Species at the San Diego Zoo, Fall 1990

Troll: Let's Visit A Super Zoo, Spring 1990

Scholastic, Inc.: The True Story of Corky the Blind Seal, 1987

Ideals Publishing: 12-book Zoo Babies series--
1983 titles--Bo the Orangutan, Elmer the Elephant, Georgie the Giraffe,
Lindi the Leopard, The Nursery Babies, Tully the Tree Kangaroo.
1982 titles--Alberta the Gorilla, Nanuck the Polar Bear, Sasha
the Cheetah, Wilbur and Orville the Otter Twins, Zelda the Zebra,
Sydney the Koala.

Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich: Author of several animal articles for the
Lincoln Homework Encyclopedia.

Miscellaneous feature articles and/or photos in:
Good Housekeeping, Kids’ Wall Street News, ZOONOOZ, Taronga Zoo's Friends News, San Diego Union-Tribune, Nature Conservancy Magazine, Geographic World, Orangutan Foundation International Web site.

Editor of the Zoological Society of San Diego's award-winning children's publication, Koala Club News, from 1978 through 1992.

Upcoming book by Georgeanne:

Hope for Amizero, An Orphaned Chimpanzee; Foreward by Dr. Jane Goodall and illustrated by Marc Nadel.

My professional associations

Public Relations Society of America,
American Zoo and Aquarium Association

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I'm part of these writers' groups or salons

Yes, Writing Women, a group I co-founded, and San Diego Writing Women, an offshoot of WW devoted to book promotion.

Media outlets that I currently write for

ZOONOOZ Magazine, San Diego Writing Women blog, misc.

I found out about She Writes from

Susan McBeth

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