Sara with a child in Peru
Sara Shipley Hiles is a freelance journalist who specializes in environmental issues. She also covers science, health, and other issues. Her work has taken her from Louisiana's chemical corridor to the Douglas fir forests of the Northwest and the mining towns of Peru.
During her 14-year journalism career, she also has worked as a staff reporter for newspapers including The Times-Picayune of New Orleans, The Statesman-Journal of Salem, Ore., The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky., and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She has won awards for both news and feature writing. She lives in Bowling Green, Ky.