Morgan Sjogren

Morgan Sjogren writes about Western lands and water through a lens of history, culture, science, and adventure. She is the author of Path of Light: A Walk Through Colliding Legacies of Glen Canyon (Torrey House Press 2023); 2025 Utah Book Award Winner and Library of Congress “Great Reads from Great Places” selection.

Read her stories in Archaeology Southwest, Arizona Highways, bioGraphic, Fast Company, Reasons to be Cheerful, Runner’s World, and Sierra Magazine. Her work has been supported by the 2022 Water Desk Grant for reporting on the Colorado River and a 2024 Charles Redd Center for Western Studies Independent Research and Creative Works Award. She was the 2024 Entrada Institute Writer-in-Residence and the winner of the 2024 15 Bytes Award for Creative Non-Fiction, selected by Artists of Utah.

Sjogren shares her Wild Words and explorations on Substack and on Instagram @morgan.sjogren. She is based in Utah’s canyon country and migrates seasonally throughout the Southwest.

Bylines

Archaeology Southwest, Arizona Highways, Backpacker Magazine, bioGraphic Magazine, The Durango Telegraph, Fast Company, Hidden Passage: The Journal of Glen Canyon Institute, Overland Journal, Patagonia / The Cleanest Line, Reasons to be Cheerful, REI Co-Op Journal, ROVA Magazine, Runner’s World, Sidetracked Magazine, Sierra Magazine, Trail Runner Magazine, Walmart.com.