Regina Lewis

June Wiaz	http://www.maximsnews.com/greenempire15november2004.htm
Green Empire A novel by Kathryn Ziewitz & June Wiaz
This is the Green Empire about which journalists Kathryn Ziewitz and June Wiaz write so eloquently. Most of St. Joe's land is in the Florida panhandle, representing over twenty percent of the privately owned real property in ten counties. Forty miles of it front rivers, lakes, and the Gulf of Mexico. The twelve miles of beachfront property in the company's portfolio were bought for $11 an acre back in 1925. The person who masterminded that deal was Ed Ball, a "gnome-like" man who was wont to raise a glass of bourbon and proclaim, "Confusion to the enemy!" (pp. 5, 38). (an excerpt) Reviewed by: Jack E. Davis, Department of History, University of Florida. [complete review]
June holds a B.S. in environmental science writing from Lehigh University, and an M.S. in Engineering and Policy from Washington University in St. Louis. She has worked for a number of organizations in the Washington, D.C. area including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Governors' Association and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She also served two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala from 1988-1990. For the last nine years June has been a freelance writer ("emphasis on the first syllable of freelance") who has written monthly columns for the Tallahassee Democrat and various other local publications.