Suzanne Roberts is the author of Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties, Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel, and Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail, as well as four poems collections. Named "The Next Great Travel Writer" by National Geographic Traveler, Roberts has written for The New York Times, CNN, Creative Nonfiction, and Brevity. She has a doctorate in literature and the environment from the University of Nevada-Reno and teaches in the creative writing low res MFA program at UNR-Lake Tahoe. Follow her on Instagram, check out her website, and receive writing prompts.