PUC Chronicle

Issue date: 3/5/07 Section: Entertainment

Award-winning author and natualist Sy Montgomery comes to the Center March 8 at 7:30 p.m. Montgomery plans share her tales of researching in exotic countries and raising her pet pig.

Award-winning author and naturalist Sy Montgomery has encountered an enraged gorilla, was chased by a tiger in India, was unclothed by an orangutan and even attacked by a vampire bat in Costa Rica while researching as a documentary writer for National Geographic.
And that's just the beginning of this author's chain of real-life tales.
Montgomery authored the award-winning memoir "The Good Good Pig," the tale of Christopher Hogwood and her journey raising him from a runt into a 750 pound healthy pig - a pig who enjoyed neighborhood company in her small New Hampshire town.
Montgomery will share her stories of raising the unforgettable Christopher the Pig, expeditions among the wild and research in exotic jungles at PUC on March 8 at 7:30 p.m. at The Center.
This New York Times bestselling author received honors for "The Good, Good Pig" which was named one of the top books of 2006 by both The Houston Chronicle and The Christian Science Monitor.
Carolyn Boiarsky, director of the Northwest Indiana Writing Project and professor at PUC, said she's thrilled they are able to bring an award-winning naturalist writer to PUC.
"In her assignments for National Geographic, Sy Montgomery has been lucky enough to participate in discoveries of new species, such as Gold Moon Bear," said Boiarsky. "I think she will renew, for all of us, the thrill of finding something new and beautiful in our universe."
Montgomery also authored the children's book "Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea," her latest book. Previously she released both an adult and child version of "Search for the Golden Moon Bear."
"Quest for the Tree Kangaroo" was honored with the Orbis Pictus award for non-fiction from the National Council of Teachers of English and "Search for the Golden Moon Bear" was picked as Editor's Choice by American Library Association, one of the top nonfiction books of the year by Booklist, among other honors and awards.
Montgomery is member of numerous committees, holding a position with the Board of Trustees of the Rainforest Conservation Fund.
Montgomery's credentials include degrees in magazine journalism, French language and literature and psychology from Syracuse University.
The Northwest Indiana Writing Project, Indiana Department of Education, PUC Student Services and departments of biology, English and graduate education sponsor this free presentation. All are invited to attend. For more information, contact Boiarsky at 989-2207.

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