Dan White

Dan White is the author of The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind and Almost Found Myself on the Pacific Crest Trail, a NCIBA bestseller and Los Angeles Times "Discovery" selection. and Under The Stars: How America Fell In Love With Camping, which Wild author Cheryl Strayed described as "the definitive book on camping in America." He has taught composition at Columbia University and San Jose State, and currently teaches a Zoom-based memoir and personal essay workshop and writing class. He is a former contributing editor of Catamaran Literary Reader and received his MFA from Columbia University. He lives in Santa Cruz, California with his wife and daughter. Visit his website at danwhitebooks.com

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