Photo by Cedar Brant
Mark Sundeen is the author of The Unsettlers, The Man Who Quit Money, The Making of Toro, and Car Camping. He has won fellowships from the Macdowell Colony, the Montana Arts Council and the Utah Arts Council. A contributing editor for Outside Magazine, his work has appeared in the New York Times, The Believer, National Geographic Adventure, McSweeneys, and Best American Essays.
Sundeen was raised in Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach, California. He held the Russo Chair in Creative Writing at the University of New Mexico, and is now assistant professor of environmental writing at the University of Montana.