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Mark Obmascik
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Mark Obmascik

Mark Obmascik has been a journalist for two decades, most recently at the Denver Post, where he was lead writer for the newspaper's Pulitzer Prize in 2000 and winner of the 2003 National Press Club Award for environmental journalism. His freelance stories have been published in Outside and other magazines, and he has aired numerous political stories on public affairs and television news programs. An obsessed birder himself, he lives in Denver with his wife and sons.

Halfway to Heaven will be released on May 11, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Nov 15, 2009
Halfway to Heaven is now available in Hardcover
May 12, 2009
Halfway to Heaven is now available in eBook
May 12, 2009
Halfway to Heaven will be released on May 12, 2009 in Hardcover
May 12, 2009
Halfway to Heaven is now available in Hardcover
May 12, 2009
Halfway to Heaven will be released on May 12, 2009 in eBook
May 12, 2009
Halfway to Heaven is now available in eBook
May 12, 2009
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May 02, 2009
Excerpt:
Introduction from Halfway to Heaven
Mar 28, 2009
Halfway to Heaven will be released on May 12, 2009 in Hardcover
Dec 19, 2008
Halfway to Heaven will be released on May 12, 2009 in eBook
Dec 19, 2008
The Big Year will be released on June 23, 2008 in eBook
Jun 23, 2008
The Big Year will be released on June 23, 2008 in eBook
Jun 23, 2008
The Big Year will be released on June 23, 2008 in eBook
Jun 23, 2008
The Big Year will be released on June 23, 2008 in eBook
Jun 23, 2008
The Big Year will be released on June 23, 2008 in eBook
Jun 23, 2008
The Big Year will be released on June 23, 2008 in eBook
Jun 23, 2008
The Big Year will be released on June 23, 2008 in eBook
Jun 23, 2008
The Big Year is now available in eBook
Jun 23, 2008
The Big Year will be released on February 01, 2005 in Trade Paperback
Feb 01, 2005
The Big Year is now available in Trade Paperback
Feb 01, 2005
The Big Year will be released on February 01, 2005 in
Feb 01, 2005
The Big Year is now available in
Feb 01, 2005
The Big Year will be released on January 27, 2004 in
Jan 27, 2004
The Big Year is now available in
Jan 27, 2004
Excerpt:
Table of Contents from The Big Year
Prior to Dec 19, 2008

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Bookslut, August 3, 2009
...surprising memoir of birding while serving in Iraq, to the insanity of Luke Dempsey's . (See also by Mark Obmascik and by Dan Koeppel) clearly the story of people who look for birds has become as compelling, if not more so, than the animals themselves....
Colorado Daily, May 11, 2009
...Author details quest to climb all of Colorado's Fourteeners Updated 08:08 p.m., May 11, 2009 Mark Obmascik IF YOU GO What: Mark Obmascik discusses ?Halfway to Heaven: My White-Knuckled ? and Knuckleheaded ? Quest for the Rocky Mountain High?...
Chasing Ray, August 4, 2009
...to See it All . (See also The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik and To See Every Bird on Earth: A Father, A Son and A Lifelong Obsession by Dan Koeppel) clearly the story of people who look for birds has become...
Living the Mile-High Life, May 15, 2009
...A few years ago I read Obmascik’s first book, The Big Year . It’s about birders who spend a year and thousands of dollars trying to see every bird that visits North America. (In birding circles, that means Canada and the United States. Lots of birds...