Stephen Ausherman was a 2007 Artist-in-Residence for
Cornucopia Art Center (MN)
and the 2005 Writer-in-Residence for
Buffalo National River (AR)
Devils Tower National Monument (WY)
Bernheim Forest (KY)

His books include
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Albuquerque (2008)
Fountains of Youth, a novel  (2006)
Restless Tribes, travel stories (2004)

In pursuit of stories as a freelance journalist, Ausherman
interviewed witchdoctors in the foothills of Kilimanjaro, hiked a
Honduran cloud forest with two U.S. Marines, slept among former
headhunters in Borneo, and crisscrossed Iraq in an Oldsmobile.

He has been recognized in various communities
for his work with
children and adults with developmental disabilities.

Born in China and raised in North Carolina, Ausherman took an
unscheduled detour to New Mexico in 1996. He has lived there
ever since.

EDUCATION






MA - Journalism and Mass
Communications ('93)

BA - Political Science with
Honors in Creative Writing ('89)
more than you need to know
self-portrait in the Dome Wilderness
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it's the sweater from Flashdance
sleep deprived in Bernheim Forest