***USA BEST BOOK AWARD, E-LIT BRONZE MEDAL AWARD & LIVING NOW GOLD MEDAL WINNER. "Have you ever been stalked by a bear? Pat Toth-Smith has and lives to tell her story. Her exploits, combined with the award-winning photography, create an experience to behold; reading that is not just for the passing of time." Suzanne Gattis, Pacific Book Review "Wild Among Us" is full of the hazardous encounters Pat, a young female photographer has faced in the field. Experiences of being cornered by two large bull moose, growled at by a grizzly mom protecting her cub, and a prolonged stare down by an over 1.000-pound grizzly bear on a remote trail in Alaska. Her encounters not only include the perils associated with stalking wildlife but also the sometimes-dangerous situations she navigates as she travels the highways alone with human predators. In the end it all seems worth it when we see the results of her labors, the stunning wildlife photos, the vivid observations of the animals' behavior and the hard-earned knowledge gleaned of the job. Black Bear Chapter excerpt: "In this instance, the person following me was starting to scare me. He looked deranged. One advantage a woman has when she's driving a car on a major highway is access to the women's bathroom. I decided to avail myself of this advantage, and I quickly developed a plan to extricate myself from the danger I was facing. I stopped at a gas station with a large store and a fast food restaurant attached. Fortunately, it was a crowded station. I parked close to the entrance so I could make it to the bathroom without incident. But sure enough, the stalker pulled up next to me with his car door open. His eyes were wild, and he was yelling loudly, "Get into the car." I yelled, "Sure, I'm going to jump in the car with you! You're crazier than I thought." Everything seemed to be a blur-I was as afraid as when I encountered my first bear. I then ran into the market and made a beeline to the bathroom. The time in the bathroom seemed to last forever. Ten minutes went by. I kept asking people coming in about "nutty guy" and if he was still out there. Twenty minutes. Thirty minutes." I waited. "While reading the book, I was part amused, part proud, by the author's candid talk about her fears, everything from running into wild animals to meeting strangers. It really says a lot about her determination and love of her job that she would continue to face those fears on a daily basis. It's a motivation for us all that we can face our fears to do what we love . " Suzanne Gattis, Pacific Book Review "For most of us who lack Pat Toth-Smith's brilliant photographic talents, dedication, and daring, we must content ourselves with hiking in parks such as Yellowstone and rafting down the Colorado River. Fortunately, we can pick up a book called Wild Among Us from the coffee table, and we can experience vicariously more extreme wildlife adventures. Toth-Smith has done all the gritty, perilous work for us. Her eyes and honed instincts have sought out and registered indelible scenes of nature and transferred them into compelling photographs and backstories. All we need do is to sit back, get comfortable on the sofa, and leaf through her superb book at our leisure" . Reviewed by Lawrence J. Greene (author of eighteen books most notably, Winning the Study Game: Reproducible Edition : Learning How to Succeed in School) " I really enjoyed the book, an award winner, loved the stories... Bears chasing you! Moose chasing You! Great Experiences and Great wildlife photographs" excerpt from NPR interview Larry Meuller show Wisconsin Public Radio " These are really pretty pictures, especially the Moose in the Mist... photography is really Art" excerpt form WOCA the source radio 1370 am "Great looking Book" Dean from KMA Radio 960 am radio interview in Iowa, USA ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "I've always felt it was worse to never do something because I was afraid to do it, then to do it and fail. With this ethos, I pursued my passion for wildlife photography" Pat Toth-Smith. As a woman, Pat Toth-Smith has had to battle with the difficulties of traveling, hiking, and camping alone in a male dominated profession in her pursuit of bears, wolves', wild horses and other hard to find wildlife. Her knowledge as a master wildlife photographer with more than 20 years of experience and her frightening wildlife encounters bring her book alive and seem to amaze and enthrall the reader. Pat's book "Wild Among Us: true adventures of a female photographer who stalks bears, wolves, mountain lions and other elusive wildlife", won USA's best book award, a gold medal in the Living Now Awards and a bronze medal in the a e-Lit awards. In the summer of 2015, Pat was a guest on over 25 radio stations, including many NPR stations around the USA promoting her book. Besides her continued success as a wildlife photographer/author she has become a featured guest speaker at conferences and educational events promoting "faci