Darla Hillard


Biography

Darla Hillard's nonfiction account, VANISHING TRACKS: Four Years Among the Snow Leopards of Nepal, is the only published behind-the scenes story of studying this rare, almost mystical wild cat. Darla, who is also the education director of the Snow Leopard Conservancy, is working on a novel, Hawk Hill.

Darla grew up in California, and lives in Sonoma with her partner Rodney Jackson, the foremost authority on snow leopards.

Darla is a member of Women Writing the West

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Books

Vanishing Tracks: Four Years Among the Snow Leopards of Nepal    by Darla Hillard
Price: $4.99 USD. 107460 words. Published on December 7, 2011. Nonfiction.

This is the extraordinary account of the first scientific expedition to radio-collar and study the rare, elusive snow leopard in its natural habitat. It is also a story of love and high adventure that provides a fascinating, affecting profile of a people inhabiting one of the most isolated and inhospitable regions in the world—the Kanjiroba Himal of western Nepal.

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