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Goodreads asked Marty Essen:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Marty Essen For my first book, "Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents," I started writing about my travel adventures for two newspapers. When I realized that no one had ever written a book on the concept of travel to all seven continents, looking for rare and interesting wildlife, I continued my travels around the world and changed my writing style from newspaper format to book format.

My second book, "Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico," continues on that theme, but will be more photo-intensive. "Endangered Edens" will be published on October 1, 2015.

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