Julian Hoffman lives beside the Prespa Lakes in northern Greece, monitoring birds in upland areas where wind farms have been built or proposed. His writing often explores the relationships that exist between humans and the natural world, and the stories to be found when we open ourselves to the places around us. The Small Heart of Things was selected by Terry Tempest Williams as the winner of the AWP Award for Creative Nonfiction, described by her as a "tapestry of embodied stories...a book of faith in the natural histories of community." Along with winning the 2011 Terrain.org Nonfiction Prize, other writing of his has recently appeared in Kyoto Journal, EarthLines, Silk Road Review and Cold Mountain Review.