Rebecca Lawton is an author, fluvial geologist, and former Grand Canyon river guide. She's swum most of the biggest rapids on the Colorado River, often not by choice. Her writing honors include a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair, Nautilus Book Award, Ellen Meloy Award for Desert Writers, Waterston Desert Writing Prize, WILLA for original softcover fiction, three Pushcart Prize nominations in poetry and prose, and residencies at Hedgebrook, The Island Institute, and PLAYA. This is her first book of poetry.