Paula Wild was born in Spokane, Washington, grew up in Oregon and California. Book Prizes' Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award. The book was also shortlisted for the B.C. The Cougar blends natural history, scientific research, First Nations stories and first-person accounts to explore our evolving relationship with the powerful and intriguing predator called cougar, puma, mountain lion, and approximately forty other names. It has been named the 2013 Gold Winner in the Non Fiction - Nature category at the Foreword Reviews' IndieFab Book of the Year Awards. Her book The Cougar: Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous (Douglas & McIntyre, 2013) explores the evolving relationship humans have with the largest cat in Canada and why cougars are such a valuable and important part of the environment. When she heard a cougar scream in the green space behind her home, Wild knew she had to write about the mysterious and elusive creatures. Although Paula Wild has always been interested in cougars, she never thought about the predators much until attacks against humans spiked in the 1990s.
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