Annette McGivney is an award-winning journalist and the longtime Southwest Editor for Backpacker magazine. She has been drawn to exploring and writing about remote, wild places in the West her entire life. In addition to Backpacker, Annette's writing has appeared in The Guardian, Outside, Arizona Highways, and Sunset magazines. Her June 2007 Backpacker article “Freefall” about the murder of Tomomi Hanamure won a Maggie Award in 2008 from the Western Magazine Publishers Association for Best News Story. In 2018, her book Pure Land won the National Outdoor Book Award. Annette is the 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). Her book, Pure Land, about the murder of Tomomi Hanamure in Grand Canyon was published by Aquarius Press in October 2017. For more go to: https://www.purelandbook.com. Annette also wrote a book about humans and fire that was published in November 2017 by W.W. Norton. In conjunction with her book, Pure Land, Annette has started a non-profit organization that funds outdoor trips for child victims of domestic violence. To find out more, go to her non-profit website: http://www.iampureland.com. McGivney teaches journalism at Northern Arizona University and lives with her son and yellow lab in Flagstaff, Arizona.