Susan Carol Hauser is the author of twelve books, including My Kind of River Journey: Seeking Passage on the Mississippi; Outside after Dark; and Wild Rice: An Essential Guide to Cooking, History, and Harvesting. She has been a commentator on National Public Radio »s « Living on Earth » and has received several literary grants and awards, including a Mc Knight Artist Fellowship Loft Award in Poetry and two Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grants for Prose, the most recent in 2015. Her newest book is A Guide to the North Country National Scenic Trail in Minnesota, co-edited with Linda M. Johnson. Her freelance work has appeared in the Sun, the Old Farmer »s Almanac, National Gardener, National Forests, and other regional and national magazines.