William Powers

William Powers has worked for over a decade in
development aid in Latin America, Africa, Washington, D.C.,
and Native North America. His project in the Bolivian Amazon
won the 2003 Harvard University JFK School prize for
innovation. He is author of the Liberia memoir Blue Clay
People, and contributor to two recent books on tropical
biodiversity. His essays have appeared in the New York
Times and International Herald Tribune, and he
provides commentary for World Vision Radio and NPR. Powers,
who is still based in Bolivia, is 2004-2005 recipient of the
Open Door Foundation fellowship for nonfiction