Beery Ridge Publishing

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” - Stephen King

About Us

Beery Ridge Publishing showcases the writing of Christopher Kline. Kline self-published his first novel, Hostile Lookout, in the Spring of 2011. Hostile Lookout is the first book in the Tony Spencer Mystery Series. Asclepias, the second book in the series, was published in October, 2011.

In 2012, Kline's focus has been non-fiction. Butterfly Rider documents Kline's Big Butterfly Year he pursued in 2011. In Butterfly Rider, he shares the adventures and beauty of a year spent chasing butterflies and includes over 200 photos from his adventures.

Kline is currently finishing up Butterfly Gardening with Native Plants. In this book, he guides readers step-by-step through the process of creating a beautiful butterfly garden. Once again, Kline's photographic prowess is on display as Butterfly Gardening includes images of many of the native plants he recommends as well as the butterflies you can expect to visit your new garden.

Services

Christopher Kline, a.k.a. Butterfly Rider, is available for butterfly walks and presentations as well as Meet the Author events and book readings and signings.

About the Author

Christopher Kline's interest in butterflies began in 1997 when he began tagging Monarch butterflies in Indiana. Since 1997, he has tagged thousands of Monarchs, co-founded the Central Arizona Butterfly Association, and founded the Southwest Monarch Study. He has also served as the Butterfly Specialist at the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Columbus, Ohio.

Kline lived in Arizona for 25 years where he worked as a school teacher, butterfly researcher, and yes, a U.S. Geological Survey field biologist. Much of his intimate knowledge of the region comes from hiking its many trails, including a sixty-mile, five-day backpacking trip of the General Crook Trail with his daughter. Kline's interest in writing started in elementary school, with creative writing and science being his favorite subjects. After studying forestry at Northern Arizona University, many of Kline's work assignments placed him in the outdoors. Over the years he journaled about many of his adventures. While Kline still enjoys being in the outdoors, his interests have broadened. He now includes, in addition to his botanical interests, butterflies and dragonflies as his objects of attention, including several county record observations in southeast Ohio. While the characters of the Tony Spencer Mystery Series are strictly fictitious, the author draws from many of his personal experiences hiking and camping in the rugged mountains of Arizona to build these suspenseful tales.