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John N. Mugaas
From Montana roots to award-winning fiction and natural history, this writer moved between science and storytelling with ease. His work ranges from research on raccoons and other procyonids to short fiction recognized in a West Virginia writers contest.
1 Audiobook
Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae
by John N. Mugaas, Kathleen P. Mahlke-Johnson, John Seidensticker
About the author
Raised in Dillon, Montana, John N. Mugaas later lived in several parts of the United States, including West Virginia and Montana. In a 2013 interview, he described being born in 1942 and reflected on a winding early college path before his writing life took shape.
Mugaas is known for work in both nonfiction and fiction. He coauthored Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon lotor and Other Procyonidae, published by Smithsonian Institution Press in 1993, a study that explores climate, metabolism, and the distribution of raccoons and related animals.
He also wrote short fiction, including "Homecoming," which was noted as a third-place winner in the emerging writers short fiction category of the 2001 West Virginia Writers Contest. Taken together, the record that is easy to confirm online shows a writer whose interests stretched from close scientific observation to imaginative storytelling.