All my life, I’ve explored and written about wild+human nature. In work and play—as an early Grand Canyon boatwoman, fluvial geologist, science journalist, and award-winning author—I’ve loved sharing the wonder of our wild inner and outer worlds. Write or walk with me soon.

SELECTED AWARDS

• Fulbright Visiting Research Chair (Humanities, Fiction Writing), Edmonton, AB

• Nautilus Book Award (Ecology & Environment), East Sound, WA

• Desert Writer Award, Ellen Meloy Fund, Bluff, UT

• WILLA Award (Original Fiction), Women Writing the West, Golden, CO

• Waterston Desert Writing Prize, Bend, OR

EDUCATION

• M.F.A., Creative Writing and Literature, Mills College, Oakland, CA

• B.S., Earth Sciences. Honors. University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

AFFILIATIONS

• Grand Canyon River Guides, Flagstaff, AZ

• Authors Guild, New York, NY

• Fulbright Association, Washington, D.C.

• International League of Conservation Writers, Golden, CO

• Alliance of Independent Authors, London, UK

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