Tucson Festival of Books

Craig Childs



M. Sushoreba

Craig Childs is the author of more than a dozen acclaimed books, including "Tracing Time" and "The Wild Dark". His work spans cultural history, science, and the visceral experience of life on Earth, from desert waters to pre-Columbian migrations across the American Southwest. A contributing editor at Adventure Journal Quarterly, his writing has appeared in the Atlantic and New York Times. Childs has received many accolades for his work and is a three-time recipient of the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award. He lives in southwest Colorado.

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Scheduled events:
Writing Across Landscapes
Journey with Craig Childs, Priyanka Kumar, and Caroline Tracey as they explore vanishing lakes, darkened skies, and wild orchards. Blending adventures, memoirs and natural history, this panel reveals how rediscovering fragile places, and the stories they hold, can reconnect us to wonder in a rapidly changing world.

National Park Experience Stage (Seats 146, Wheelchair accessible)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sat, Mar 14, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Nature / Environment
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - National Parks (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Craig Childs, Priyanka Kumar, Caroline Tracey
Moderator: Teresa Noon
Seeing the Southwest
In this session, the authors of four Southwest Books of the Year will discuss the role that landscape and culture played in the development of their work.

UA Library/Special Collections (Seats 110)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sun, Mar 15, 2:30 pm - 3:25 pm
Southwest Books of the Year
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Craig Childs, E.A. Hanks, Ann Hedlund, Dora Rodriguez
Moderator: Gregory McNamee

Books:
The Wild Dark
Finding the Night Sky in the Age of Light
Nature / Environment
Torrey House Press
May 2025
ISBN 9798890920188
212 pages
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A night sky is not an absence of light; it is the presence of the universe. In The Wild Dark, master storyteller Craig Childs embarks on a quest to bike from the blinding lights of the Las Vegas Strip to one of the darkest spots in North America. More/less

Tracing Time
Seasons with Rock Art on the Colorado Plateau
Nature / Environment
Torrey House Press
February 2022
ISBN 9781948814577
224 pages
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