Tara Rae Miner

Tara Rae Miner is the deputy editor of Orion magazine and has over twenty-five years of experience in the literary field. Writing she edited has been noted in Best American Essays and Best American Science and Nature Writing, nominated for the Oregon Book Award, and won a Pushcart Prize. She has served as a judge for the Reed Environmental Writing Award and the National Magazine Awards. Tara has written for High Country News and Oregon Humanities among other places and holds a Masters degree in environmental studies from the University of Montana. She lives and works in Portland with her family.