Bill Mares
Raised in Texas, educated at Harvard, Bill Mares was a former journalist, state representative, and high school teacher. He authored or co-authored 20 books on subjects ranging from the US Marines to desert travel, from war memorials to brewing beer, from beekeeping to Vermont humor. For pleasure and work, he traveled to over sixty countries. From 2007 to 2018 he wrote over two hundred commentaries for Vermont Public Radio. He served on the boards of VT Digger, the Vermont Beekeepers Association, The Fairbanks Museum, the Vermont Council of World Affairs, the Vermont Brewers Association and Food4Farmers.
Bill passed away after a battle with cancer on July 29, 2024. “My life was not a single note, in vocation or avocation. I was happy to play as many notes as I could, as long as they harmonized into a chord,” wrote Bill in his memoir. Visit his website www.bill-mares.com.
Bill’s Books
Events
Bill Mares & Jane Smith
November 14, 2025
“As this marvelous book makes clear…that sense of underlying community…will bring us through…”
—Bill McKibben, climate activist and author of eighteen books
Click the purchase button below for the digital, electronic (ePub) version of 2050: Vermonters Take a Swipe at the Future by Bill Mares & Jane Smith. Upon completion of the checkout form, you will receive a downloadable link that is valid for 24 hours and can be read on any e-reader platform.
Bill Mares
July 24, 2024
“A wild ride of a memoir.”
—Sue Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Monogamy
Don Hooper & Bill Mares
December 7, 2021
“The real deal of Vermont's rich history of humor.”
—Anne Galloway, founder of VTDigger
2022 Gold Winner, Human Relations Indie Book Awards, Humor Category
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