Marlo Carter Kirkpatrick is a storyteller whose work evokes emotions from humor to sorrow, excitement to frustration, and uses those emotions to move audiences to action.

Marlo is the author of Lost in the Amazon: The True Story of Five Men and their Desperate Battle for Survival, and Mississippi Off the Beaten Path, a guide to unique attractions currently in its seventh edition. She and her husband, Stephen wildlife photographer Kirkpatrick, collaborated on the children's book Among the Animals and on the coffee table books Sanctuary: Mississippi Coastal Plain, Images of Madison County, Mississippi Impressions, Romancing the Rain, Wilder Mississippi, and To Catch the Wind. Her latest project, a book titled It Happened in Mississippi, will be available in 2012.

Marlo has won more than 175 local, regional, and national awards for creative excellence, including the National Outdoor Book Award, the International Self-Published Book Award, the Benjamin Franklin Publishing Award, and three Southeastern Outdoor Press Association Book of the Year Awards.

Marlo and Stephen fell in love on an expedition to the jungles of the Peruvian Amazon, and returned to Peru in 1998 for their wedding ceremony at Machu Picchu. The Kirkpatricks have since made several return trips to the rain forest. On a recent expedition, Marlo complained of snakes under her bed and cockroaches on her toothbrush. Stephen told her she was "just too high maintenance."

The Kirkpatricks' work has taken them to destinations throughout North, Central, and South America, as well as the Middle East. Their current projects focus on tropical locations and underwater photography.

Marlo is a cum laude graduate of the University of Mississippi with degrees in journalism and English. Prior to launching her freelance career in 1995, she was senior writer with an advertising agency. Marlo is available for presentations on her books and on the craft of writing. For presentation information, call 601.853.1530.