Maggie Slepian

I am an award-winning Montana-based writer and editor with a background in thru-hiking and a love for public lands and cats. My work focuses on the intersection of the outdoors, culture, and mental health.

My essays, advice columns, travel writing, and reporting have appeared in the New York Times, Longreads, Lonely Planet, Outside, Backpacker, Women’s Health, Huffington Post, the Strategist, and more. I am the co-founder of BackpackingRoutes.com and I have been featured on NPR, NHPR, and in the London Times. My work has been nominated for Best American Essays, ASME Awards, and I won an ASJA Award for my narrative nonfiction. My short fiction was a Barren Magazine Editor’s Pick, and Joyce Carol Oates called one of my stories “baffling.”

Drop me a line if you’d like to chat. More of my writing can be found here.