about carolyn
writing about the outdoors is what carolyn came here to do.
The first journal entry Carolyn ever wrote dates back to 1997, and she hasn't put down the pen since. In a fire, she would save the 60+ notebooks that document the last twenty years of her life. She received her BA in creative non-fiction writing from Northwestern University in 2012.
The outdoors are a major focus in Carolyn's life, and have become a focus in her writing as well. Any weeknight or weekend can find Carolyn ski touring, trail running, mountain biking, climbing, backpacking, camping, or jumping into alpine lakes somewhere in the mountains. In her writing, she uses these experiences in the outdoors to explore greater truths about life and the human experience.
Maine-bred and Alaska-based, Carolyn is an outdoor educator, author, and freelance writer. She enjoys deep meaningful conversations in the mountains, pocket cheese sticks, hare-brained sufferfests, doing anything in costume, and believes true happiness lies at the intersection of serious and silly.
You can find Carolyn on Instagram here.
