Marty Essen

Marty Essen is an American naturalist, author, photographer, and professional speaker. He has written five books, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico, Time Is Irreverent, Time Is Irreverent 2: Jesus Christ, Not Again! and Time Is Irreverent 3: Gone for 16 Seconds.

Marty Essen in Montana, 2015

Early life

Essen was born in Duluth, Minnesota, United States.[1] He attended Duluth East High School and University of Minnesota Duluth.

Career

Essen worked as a radio announcer at WEBC-AM[2] and KQDS-FM.[3] In 1982, he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he ran two music talent management agencies, National Talent Associates[2] and Twin City Talent.[4] In 1996, Essen moved to Victor, Montana to found Essen Communications Corporation, a local telephone company, and later became an author and a college speaker.[5]

His first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet, became an Amazon #1 Best-Seller in Animals[6][7] and a Minneapolis Star-Tribune Top-10 Green Book.[8] He performs a live college show, Around the World in 90 Minutes, based on Cool Creatures, Hot Planet.[9] One notable adventure, documented in both his first book and his live show, is surviving a hippo attack in Zimbabwe.[10][11]

Essen's nature photography is featured prominently in his books and live show. His outdoor photographs are also in Deb Essen's book, Easy Weaving with Supplemental Warps: Overshot, Velvet, Shibori, and More.[12] Magazines publishing his photos include Reptiles Magazine[13] and Handwoven Magazine.[14]

Essen's third book, Time Is Irreverent, is a science-fiction political-comedy. According to the author's bio, "The switch in genres doesn't mean a switch in ideals. Like all of Marty's books, it reflects his values of protecting human rights and the environment—and does so with a wry sense of humor."[15]

Personal life

Essen resides in Victor, Montana and is married to weaving designer and author Deb Essen.[16]

Book awards
  • 2006 Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Winner (Bronze)[17]
  • 2007 Benjamin Franklin Award for Travel/Essay[1]
  • 2007 National Indie Excellence Award for Travel/Essay[18]
  • 2007 USA Best Books Award for Travel/Essay[19]
  • 2007 Ippy Award for Travel/Essay (Bronze)[20]
  • 2009 Green Book Festival Award for Animals[1]
  • 2016 National Indie Excellence Award for Nature[21]
  • 2016 Readers' Favorite Book Award for Environment[22]
  • 2016 Nautilus Award for Animals & Nature (Silver)[23]
  • 2016 Nautilus Award for Middle Grades Non-Fiction (Silver)[24]

Books
  • Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents[25]
  • Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico[25]
  • Time Is Irreverent[26]
  • Time Is Irreverent 2: Jesus Christ, Not Again![27]
  • Time Is Irreverent 3: Gone for 16 Seconds[28]

Live Shows

Essen has been touring the United States, performing Around the World in 90 Minutes, at hundreds of colleges since 2007.[29]

References
  1. "Overman Lecture 2012: Marty Essen". D.umn.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  2. Ann, Mary (2007-03-10). "Running wild – Twin Cities". Twincities.com. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  3. Budgeteer, Duluth (2013-10-19). "Duluth native brings "Around the World in 90 Minutes" to UMD". Duluth Budgeteer. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  4. "Successful alternative - Bitterroot telecommunications business makes it in Montana | Ravalli Republic || News". Ravallirepublic.com. 2001-05-08. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  5. "Marty Essen: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  6. Tribune, Chicago (2016-03-16) Travel “Around the World in 90 Minutes” at Oakton Community College with award-winning author. Retrieved 2016-06-03
  7. Biography on Amazon,com. Retrieved 06-03-2016
  8. Star-Tribune, Minneapolis (2006-12-24). Being Green: From celebrations and odes to dire warnings and documented disasters, this year's environmentally oriented books sound the alarm.
  9. "Home". Marty Essen. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  10. "Living on Earth: Intrepid Travelers". Loe.org. 2007-06-22. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  11. "Hippo Canoe and Zimbabwe Too! - Around the World with Marty Essen". Marty-essen.com. 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  12. Interweave Books, www.interweavestore.com/easy-weaving-with-supplemental-warps-overshot-velvet-shibori-and-more Retrieved 06-11-2016
  13. Reptiles Magazine (August 2007), "Into the Wild"
  14. Handwoven Magazine (May/June 2014) "Travel Journal Cover in Ikat. Inspired by Weaving in Borneo"
  15. Essen, Marty (2018-02-07). Time Is Irreverent. Encante Press, LLC. ASIN B079P9YLKW.
  16. McConnaha, Michelle (2016-01-01). "Marty Essen publishes new wildlife book | Local". Ravallirepublic.com. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  17. "Cool Creatures, Hot Planet (2006 Winner) â€" Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards". Indiefab.forewordreviews.com. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  18. "Indie Excellence® Awards 2007 Book Award Winners". Indieexcellence.com. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  19. "THE USA "BEST BOOKS 2006" AWARDS" (PDF). Usabooknews.com\accessdate=2016-06-03.
  20. "THE Voice of the Independent Publishing Industry". Independent Publisher. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  21. "Winners of the NIEA 2016 Awards!". Indieexcellence.com. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  22. "2016 Award Contest Winners". readersfavorite.com. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  23. "NAUTILUS 2016 AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS AND BOOKS". Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  24. "NAUTILUS 2016 AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS AND BOOKS". Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  25. "Books – Encante Press, LLC". Encantepress.com. 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  26. "Books – Encante Press, LLC". encantepress.com. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  27. "Books – Encante Press, LLC". encantepress.com. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  28. "Marty Essen – Time Is Irreverent 3: Gone for 16 Seconds". amazon.com. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  29. Marty Essen website, http://martyessen.com/schedule.html, Retrieved 06-12-2016
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