Nicole Faires is an adventurer, self-proclaimed eccentric, wife and mother of three girls. She grew up in a semi-nomadic homeschooling family and spent her early years in rural Montana on a hobby farm where she raised chickens, grew her own food, learned to crochet, read out-of-print books by Masanobu Fukuoka and dreamed of the Amish. She now lives in British Columbia as a champion of renaissance sustainable lifestyles in a bus that is in constant transformation. She continues to seek new adventures and local food with her family.

Date and Place of Birth: June 14, 1981 in Tucson, Arizona

Place of Residence: Parksville, BC

Arrival in Canada and BC: July 1, 2005

Books published:

The Ultimate Guide to Homesteading: An Encyclopedia of Independent Living (Skyhorse Publishing, 2011)

In progress:

The Ultimate Guide to Permaculture (Skyhorse Publishing) 2012
The Organic Farmer's Sourcebook (Skyhorse Publishing) 2013

[BCBW 2011]