About Kevin Gepford
I’m a journalist focused on conservation, ecosystems, and endangered species. My current project, Tortoise!, is an immersive work of narrative nonfiction about tortoises, their extraordinary natural history, and the people working to save them. Based on globe-spanning field reporting, the book explores their extraordinary lives through travel, climate, deep time, and the long arc of natural and human history.
I began my career as a newspaper reporter and editor before earning a master’s degree from the Columbia University School of Journalism. I stayed in New York City for more than two decades, building a second career on the creative and marketing side of the television industry.
In 2019, I moved to Portland, Oregon, and returned to journalism.
Several years of reporting for Tortoise! has taken me to the Galápagos Islands, Aldabra Atoll, Kenya, South Africa, Madagascar, Bangladesh, St. Helena, and the Mojave Desert.
Tortoise! will be published by W. W. Norton & Company in July 2027.
Memberships:
National Association of Science Writers (NASW)
Northwest Science Writers Association (NSWA)