Suzanne Roberts is an acclaimed American author, poet, essayist, and travel writer whose work explores the intersections of nature, memory, place, and the human spirit. She is the author of the celebrated memoir Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail, winner of the National Outdoor Book Award, as well as the award-winning essay collections Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel and Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties, which was longlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay.
Her published works also include four poetry collections, among them Three Hours to Burn a Body: Poems on Travel, and the creative writing guide 52 Writing Prompts: Inspiration for the Creative Writer. Recognized by National Geographic Traveler as “The Next Great Travel Writer,” Roberts has established herself as one of the leading contemporary voices in travel, environmental, and literary nonfiction.
Her essays, poems, and articles have appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic, CNN, Ploughshares, Fourth Genre, Brevity, River Teeth, and numerous other prestigious publications.
Suzanne Roberts holds a doctorate in Literature and the Environment from the University of Nevada, Reno, and teaches in the low-residency MFA in Creative Writing program at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe. Her work reflects a deep engagement with landscape, environmental consciousness, travel, and the transformative possibilities of storytelling, making her an ideal faculty member for the Himalayan Literature Festival & Writers’ Workshop 2027, whose theme is “Nature Writing, Travel Writing & the Spirit: Writing the Earth, Mapping the Soul.”