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JANET ORVIS CHAPPLE    Janet's great enthusiasm for Yellowstone Park began during childhood. As a child, she spent four summers living within sight of Old Faithful Geyser. With parents serving as transportation agent for the Yellowstone Park Company and pianist in Old Faithful Inn, she and her sister Joan had the opportunity to savor the park in those idyllic months. A native of Billings, Montana, she returned often in subsequent summers.

Though she moved to New England, the lure of Yellowstone brought her back numerous times. She often attends workshops given by the Yellowstone Institute. When not promoting her new guidebook or researching and writing further, Janet seeks opportunities to play her cello near her home in California.

BRUNO J. GILETTI    Bruno contributed the geological history chapter to Yellowstone Treasures and wrote many of its geological sidebars. A Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences at Brown University, he continues research in the field of geochemistry, where he has contributed articles to major scientific journals. Part of his research was in using radioactive isotopes to measure the ages of rocks in Montana and Wyoming, as well as in New England and Scotland. In addition, he used stable isotopes to determine ancient circulation patterns of waters when they had interacted with hot newly emplaced igneous rocks, in the Rockies and Scotland.

LINTON BROWN   He made the excellent maps in Yellowstone Treasures, some of which can be seen on this Web site. (Here's one of Norris Geyser Basin). A civil engineer who retired in 1995 from California's Department of Water Resources, he's a long-time friend of Janet's. She writes: "Knowing I was casting about for a mapmaker, Linton offered to work on some drafts, and I was delighted to have his help. He started with base maps from NPS and other internet sites and added everything I requested. We exchanged over 1500 e-mails across the country for a couple of years to make the 37 maps, which Linton created using Photoshop on his Macintosh. When our book designer came on board, she said the maps really needed to be made in Adobe Illustrator, so he patiently redid everything, requiring another three months of work. I was incredibly lucky in my mapmaker!"

BETH CHAPPLE    Self-employed as a freelance editor, she lives in Washington State. She has fond memories from several trips to Yellowstone National Park. You can learn more about her work at her Freelance Language Services Web site.

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