Craig Childs is a Morning Edition contributor for NPR, and his work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Men's Journal, Outside, The Sun, and Orion. He has received the Ellen Meloy Desert Writers Prize, the Rowell Award for the Art of Adventure, and the Sigurd F. Hansen Award. Olson Nature Writing Prize and the 2003 Spirit of the West Award for his body of writing.