Research Adventures

Mara Visits Piedras Blancas Lighthouse

Mara Visits Morro Bay and Introduces When Otters Play

Mara visits Backstage at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Mara’s Research at the Feline Conservation Center, featured in book two “Where the Heart Lives”

Mara’s Research at Point Vicente Lighthouse, featured in book two “Where the Heart Lives”

Mara goes backstage with the Doobie Brothers to research a storyline in “Where the Heart Lives“

Mara’s Research whale watching in Southern California, featured in prequel short story “When Whales Watch”

Mara Purl – “When Whales Watch” and the fog bank phenomena

Laurance Doyle, PhD, upon whom Mara’s character “Cornelius Smith” the astronomer is loosely based, discusses his latest research on whale communication

Mara Purl: Why Hearts Keep Secrets – Research Coal Oil Point in Santa Barbara, CA