Craig Childs
Author · 20 books
CRAIG CHILDS is a commentator for NPR's Morning Edition, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Men's Journal, Outside, The Sun, and Orion. He has won numerous awards including the 2011 Ellen Meloy Desert Writers Award, 2008 Rowell Award for the Art of Adventure, the 2007 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, and the 2003 Spirit of the West Award for his body of work.
Books
The Animal Dialogues
Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
2007
Apocalyptic Planet
Field Guide to the Future of the Earth
2012
Tracing Time
Seasons of Rock Art on the Colorado Plateau
2022
Stone Desert
A Naturalist's Exploration of Canyonlands National Park
1995
Atlas of a Lost World
Travels in Ice Age America
2018
Animals & People
2013
The Southwest's Contrary Land
Forever Changing Between Four Corners and the Sea of Cortes
2001
The Desert Cries
2002
Stone Desert
2022
House of Rain
Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest
2007
The Wild Dark
Finding the Night Sky in the Age of Light
2025
Soul of Nowhere
2002
The Elements
Earth, Air, Fire and Water
2004
The Way Out
A True Story of Ruin and Survival
2005
Faerie Magazine, Spring 2014 #26
2014
Grand Canyon
Time Below the Rim
1999
The Secret Knowledge of Water
There Are Two Easy Ways to Die in the Desert: Thirst and Drowning
2000
Finders Keepers
A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession
2010
Virga & Bone
Essays from Dry Places
2019
Crossing Paths
Uncommon Encounters With Animals in the Wild
1997
