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In 2016, after working in the environmental field for two decades, Andrea Lani left her cubicle and dragged her husband and three sons to Colorado, her birthplace and heart’s home, where they hiked the 500-mile Colorado Trail. From this experience she wrote Uphill Both Ways: Hiking toward Happiness on the Colorado Trail (Bison Books, 2022), a memoir about escaping the disappointments of midlife while forging connections with nature and family.

Andrea's creative nonfiction explores the connections between humans and nature. Her 2018 essay “The Sparrow’s Song” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Recent essays have appeared in Spire, Echoes in the Fog, and More than Hope. She was an editor at the journal Literary Mama for nine years, and has been honored with two Hewnoaks Artist Residencies.

Andrea's short fiction has been published in Willows Wept Review, Brain, Child Magazine, and Saltfront, among others, and her flash piece "The Rest of the Story" was a finalist in Maine CrimeWave's 2024 CrimeFlash fiction contest.

Andrea teaches workshops in nature writing and journaling, writes articles and reports on topics related to sustainability and nature, and coaches other writers in crafting and revising their work.

Andrea has a BA in Human Ecology from College of the Atlantic and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast program, and she's a Maine Master Naturalist. She lives in Maine with her family.

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Andrea Lani writes about the intersection of family and the natural world from her home in Maine. She’s the author of Uphill Both Ways: Hiking toward Happiness on the Colorado Trail, and her essays have recently appeared in Spire: The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability and the anthologies Echos in the Fog and More than Hope. She’s also a regular contributor to Green & Healthy Maine magazine. Andrea’s a graduate of College of the Atlantic and the Stonecoast MFA Program, she’s a Maine Master Naturalist, and she teaches nature writing and nature journaling workshops around Maine.

Website: www.andrealani.com
Substack: andreaelani.substack.com

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