Watts, author of “Tree,” has written for Sierra Magazine, New York Times motherlode blog, Earth Island Journal, Sunset, Urban Coast: Journal of the Center for the Study of the Santa Monica Bay, Heal the Bay blog, Malibu Times, Malibu Surfside News, VC Reporter, Topanga Messenger and Argonaut News. She has worked for Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy Peter Horton, at Dreamworks, and as a Santa Monica Mountains watersheds coordinator. She received a Bachelor’s of Arts in History from UCLA.