Kelly Ramsey

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About The Author

Kelly Ramsey was born in Frankfort, Kentucky. She studied poetry at the University of Virginia and fiction writing at the University of Pittsburgh. She cofounded The Lighthouse Works, an artists’ residency program, and later moved to Northern California, where she worked for the US Forest Service as a trail maintenance worker, wilderness ranger, and wildland firefighter. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Sierra, Electric Literature, and the anthology Letter to a Stranger. She lives in Redding, California, with her partner and their dog, Rookie.

Appearances

JUL 8
5:00PM
Virtual

Western National Parks Association
AUG 10
1:00PM
Virtual

Minocqua Public Library

Books by Kelly Ramsey

Wildfire Days

A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West

In the exhilarating spirit of Wild and A Walk in the Park, an adventure-filled memoir of one woman’s struggle to succeed as a wildland firefighter on an elite, male-dominated crew as they battle some of the fiercest wildfires in the West.

Hardcover

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