Philip Connors is the author of three books: A Song for the River,
All the Wrong Places, and Fire Season.
His work has won the National Outdoor Book Award,
the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, the Reading the West Award for Nonfiction, the Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain
Book Competition, a Southwest Book Award, and an n+1
Writer's Fellowship.
He lives and works in the U.S. / Mexico borderlands.
All the Wrong Places, and Fire Season.
His work has won the National Outdoor Book Award,
the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, the Reading the West Award for Nonfiction, the Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain
Book Competition, a Southwest Book Award, and an n+1
Writer's Fellowship.
He lives and works in the U.S. / Mexico borderlands.
Selected Interviews
Watching the World Burn — An interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep
A Fire Lookout on What's Lost in a Transition to Technology — An interview with NPR's Nathan Rott
Wireless Nights: On the Edge — A collaboration with Jarvis Cocker for the BBC
A Song for the River — An interview with David Wilk of WritersCast
The Solitude of a Fire Watcher — An interview with Brett McKay of The Art of Manliness podcast
Seeking Comfort in All the Wrong Places — An interview with Dave Davies of NPR's Fresh Air
Lost and Found — A Q & A with Susan Dunlap for In the Fray
An Isolated Tower in the Gila National Forest — An interview with Spencer Beckwith of KUNM
On Fire Season — A Q & A with Maud Newton for the Paris Review Daily
Fire Lookouts, Kerouac, and Thinking Like a Mountain — A Q & A with Marianne Moore for Zyzzyva
The Joys of Life in a Lookout Tower — An interview with Scott Simon of NPR's Weekend Edition