Cameron Walker is a writer whose work often focuses on the connections between people and the world around them. She is the author of three books, including the award-winning children’s book National Monuments of the U.S.A. and the debut short story collection How to Capture Carbon. 

Her essays and journalism have appeared in publications including The New York Times, Orion, High Country News, Aeon, Hakai, and Cancer Today. Her essay collection, Points of Light: Curious Essays on Science, Nature, and Other Wonders Along the Pacific Coast won the Tamaqua Award from Hidden River Press.

Her short fiction has been published in The Missouri Review, PANK, New South, Carve, Flash Fiction Magazine, Terrain.org, and elsewhere. Her work has also received awards from from the American Society of Journalists & Authors, the American Institute of Physics, and Terrain.org. 

She is a part of several wonderful groups of writers, including the 30+ writers of Scilance (together, they wrote The Science Writer's Handbook) and the bloggers at The Last Word On Nothing. She lives on California’s Central Coast with her husband, three kids, one dog, and an embarrassing number of surfboards.