Tucson Festival of Books

Forged by Wild Places


Join Jeremy Collins, Bridget Crocker, and Tom Myers for an inspiring conversation on adventure, resilience, and the power of wild places. From raging rivers to the Grand Canyon to endangered landscapes around the world, their stories reveal how nature pushes us, heals us, and shapes the people we become.


Panelists
Jeremy Collins

Jeremy Collins is a multifaceted artist, climber, and adventurer whose work intertwines the grit of the wild with a mastery of visual storytelling. Collins’ work sparks a deeper appreciation for both the environment and the human spirit’s capacity to endure....

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Bridget Crocker

Bridget Crocker, author of "The River's Daughter," is a trailblazer in the outdoor industry. A leading whitewater rafting guide in far-flung regions of Zambia, Ethiopia, Philippines, Peru, Chile, Costa Rica, and the western United States, she is also a contributing author to Lonely Planet guidebooks and Travel Anthology and the Best Women’s Travel Writing series from Travelers’ Tales....

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Tom Myers

Tom Myers has worked at Grand Canyon as a physician since 1990 and serves as local medical advisor for Grand Canyon National Park. A dedicated explorer of the Canyon backcountry, he also works as a hiking and river guide within the Canyon....

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Books:
The River's Daughter
Bridget Crocker
Nature / Environment
Spiegel & Grau
May 2025
ISBN 9781954118546
320 pages
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Eventually a Sequoia
Stories of Art, Adventure & the Wisdom of Giants
Jeremy Collins
Nature / Environment
Mountaineers Books
September 2025
ISBN 9781680518054
224 pages
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The Grandest Trek
Unforgettable People, Stories, and Lessons for Life from Hiking the Length of the Grand Canyon
Thomas Myers
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Puma Press
April 2025
ISBN 9780984785858
430 pages
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Fewer than 100 people have hiked the Grand Canyon from end to end.The Grandest Trek is a collection of remarkable stories of some who did. More/less