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Suzanne Roberts (born October 2, 1970) is an American poet, travel writer, and photographer.

Biography

Suzanne Roberts was born in New York City to a British mother and Jewish father. She grew up in Southern California and currently lives in South Lake Tahoe, California. She is the author of a collection of lyrical essays, Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other difficulties (University of Nebraska Press, 2022), the memoir in travel essays, Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel (University of Nebraska Press, 2020), and the memoir Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail, as well as four collections of poetry, Shameless (2007), Nothing to You (2008), Three Hours to Burn a Body: Poems on Travel (2011) and Plotting Temporality (2012).

Roberts was named "The Next Great Travel Writer" by National Geographic's Traveler, and her work has appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including Atlanta Review, The Fourth River, Matador, National Geographic's Intelligent Traveler, and National Geographic's Traveler. She received an "Honorable Mention" in the "Best Free Poetry Contest" in 2011 for her poems The Casualties of War and A Soldier's Making.

Roberts holds degrees in Biology and English from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and a doctorate in English with an emphasis in Literature and the Environment from University of Nevada, Reno. She is on the MFA low residency faculty at UNR-Tahoe.

Selected works

Books

• Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail (University of Nebraska Press, 2012)
• Shameless (Cherry Grove Collections, 2007)
• Nothing to You (Pecan Grove Press, 2008) (poem Crossing Paths)
• Three Hours to Burn a Body: Poems on Travel (Cherry Grove Collection, 2011)
• Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel (University of Nebraska Press, 2020)
• Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties (University of Nebraska Press, 2022)

Anthologies

• The Ghost of Muir Pass, The Pacific Crest Trailside Reader. The Mountaineers Press, 2011.

Awards

• National Outdoor Book Award for Almost Somewhere, Literature Category, 2012
• Eda Kriseova Fellowship for Nonfiction Writing in Prague, 2011
• Fourth River Award for Poetry, "Poulty Stall," 2009
• "The Next Great Travel Writer" Award
• Travcoa and National Geographic Traveler, 2008

External links

• Staff entry at Lake Tahoe Community College
• Staff entry at Sierra Nevada College
• Family Skeletons: Writing about the Living and the Dead: A Discussion with Shelley Savren. Bridges: A Jewish Feminist Journal, 16.1 (Spring 2011)
• Outsiders Looking In: An Interview with Matador, Summer 2010
• GoodReads
• Rain in Venice on Valparaiso Poetry Review