Grunwald (pictured to the right), a senior writer for POLITICO Magazine, has won the George Polk Award for national reporting, the Worth Bingham Prize for investigative reporting, and many other honors in his 25-year journalism career. Reviewers from the Washington Post declared The Swamp“ brilliant.” The Boston Globe called Grunwald 'a superbly lucid and masterful stylist, blending exhaustive research and superlative prose into a book as valuable as a week in Fort Lauderdale at one-hundredth the price.' The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise, which informed the 2018 PBS documentary The Swamp, tells the story of the manmade destruction and attempted a resurrection of the Florida Everglades, the riveting history of humanity's relentless war against nature in Florida, and its belated efforts to make peace. At $125 each, private reception tickets also include reserved VIP seating at his 7 p.m.

An exclusive cocktail and nosh reception with an author meet-and-greet starts at 5:30 p.m. The bestselling Florida author will be doing book-signings at two separate events on Friday, March 20. On March 20, 2020, the author will make a special appearance at The Community House on Sanibel Island, hosted by the “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) to benefit conservation efforts and education at the J.N. With our coastline now under siege from red tides, algae, and rising seas, Michael Grunwald’s award-winning book about the Florida Everglades’ backstory has never been more relevant or urgent.

The Swamp by Michael Grunwald