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About Annette McGivney Annette McGivney has been drawn to remote, wild places her entire life. Through her work as a writer and educator, she seeks to inspire others to connect with the natural environment and protect wilderness. She has been Southwest Editor for Backpacker magazine since 1997 and a member of the Journalism faculty at Northern Arizona University since 2002. Annette has spent the last 15 years exploring the desert Southwest and writing scores of articles about her wilderness encounters and investigation of environmental issues. Her stories have appeared in Backpacker, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Wilderness (the magazine of The Wilderness Society ), Runners World and numerous other publications. Annette is also author of Resurrection: Glen Canyon and a New Vision for the American West (Braided River/The Mountaineers, 2009) and Leave No Trace (The Mountaineers Books, 1997). In May, 2008 Annette won a Maggie Award from the Western Publications Association for "Best News Story" for her Backpacker story "Freefall," about the Grand Canyon's Havasupai tribe. Annette's educational focus at NAU is on creative non-fiction writing, environmental journalism and magazine editing courses. She is also a member of the faculty for NAU's Grand Canyon Semester and teaches the field-based wilderness course. She holds a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Liberal Studies degree from Northern Arizona University. Annette lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, with her son Austin, who did his first rim-to-river hike in the Grand Canyon at age four.

Annette McGivney has been drawn to remote, wild places her entire life. Through her work as a writer and educator, she seeks to inspire others to connect with the natural environment and protect wilderness. She has been Southwest Editor for Backpacker magazine since 1997 and a member of the Journalism faculty at Northern Arizona University since 2002.

Annette has spent the last 15 years exploring the desert Southwest and writing scores of articles about her wilderness encounters and investigation of environmental issues. Her stories have appeared in Backpacker, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Wilderness (the magazine of The Wilderness Society ), Runners World and numerous other publications. Annette is also author of Resurrection: Glen Canyon and a New Vision for the American West (Braided River/The Mountaineers, 2009) and Leave No Trace (The Mountaineers Books, 1997). In May, 2008 Annette won a Maggie Award from the Western Publications Association for "Best News Story" for her Backpacker story "Freefall," about the Grand Canyon's Havasupai tribe.

Annette's educational focus at NAU is on creative non-fiction writing, environmental journalism and magazine editing courses. She is also a member of the faculty for NAU's Grand Canyon Semester and teaches the field-based wilderness course. She holds a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Liberal Studies degree from Northern Arizona University.

Annette lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, with her son Austin, who did his first rim-to-river hike in the Grand Canyon at age four.