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Kevin Fedarko

Kevin Fedarko

Kevin Fedarko lives in northern New Mexico and works as a part-time river guide in Grand Canyon National Park. In addition to his travel narratives in Outside, where he worked as a senior editor, Fedarko's work has appeared in Esquire, National Geographic Adventure, and other publications and has been anthologized in The Best American Travel Writing in 2004 and 2006. Fedarko was a staff writer at Time magazine from 1991 to 1997, where his work helped garner an Overseas Press Club Award for a story on the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. Fedarko earned a Master of Philosophy in Russian history at Oxford in 1990.

Fedarko has been named a "Literary All-Star" by Outside magazine and nominated for a PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing.


"Kevin did a phenomenal job! The whole presentation was awe-inspiring, and the audience was completely engaged. We would love to have Kevin present again!"
-- Joelle Wren, Pikes Peak Library, Colorado Springs, CO



For more about Kevin and his works, go to http://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Kevin-Fedarko/64833987