Tucson Festival of Books

Thrillseekers and Wanderers


Writers Hampton Sides and Kevin Fedarko know what it takes to tell the big story. Bestselling authors of "A Walk in the Park" and "The Wide Wide Sea" discuss the craft of compelling storytelling, and the adventures they have had along the way.


Panelists
Kevin Fedarko

Kevin Fedarko has spent the past 20 years writing about adventure, exploration and the Grand Canyon. He has been a staff writer at Time magazine and a senior editor at Outside....

Visit website | Arizona author Facebook Twitter Instagram

Hampton Sides

Hampton Sides is best-known for his gripping non-fiction adventure stories set in war or depicting epic expeditions of discovery and exploration. An acclaimed journalist and New York Times bestselling author, his recent book is "The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook....

Visit website | Facebook


Books:
A Walk in the Park
The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Simon and Schuster
May 2024
ISBN 9781501183058
512 pages
Buy now

The Wide Wide Sea
Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides
History / Biography
Doubleday
January 2024
ISBN 9780385544764
432 pages
Buy now

Brave the Wild River
The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
Melissa L. Sevigny

W. W. Norton, Incorporated
May 2024
ISBN 9781324076117
304 pages
Buy now