Diane Wilson is one of the most dedicated environmental activists in the country. A fourth-generation former shrimp-boat captain, she is the author of An Unreasonable Woman (2006) and Diary of an Eco-Outlaw (2011), which Kirkus called “a folksy memoir from a gutsy, determined, well-connected gadfly who can write up a storm when not storming the barricade.” Credit: Cheslea Green