about me
Evelyn Spence is a Colorado-based writer and editor for various outdoor and health publications. Her first book, Colorado’s Classic Mountain Towns—a guide to history, lodging, restaurants, recreation, and galleries in places like Aspen, Telluride, and Crested Butte—came out in June 2007. Currently the senior articles editor at Backpacker magazine, she has written travel, fitness, profile, and environmental pieces for Men’s Journal, Outside, Skiing Magazine, Powder, Health, Natural Solutions, Women’s Health, High Country News, Delicious Living, Runner’s World, Islands, Diane, The Drake, Women’s Adventure, Whitefish Review and others.
Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Evelyn graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with a degree in art history before moving to San Francisco to learn journalism through various internships—including San Francisco magazine, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and the Michelin: USA West travel guides. She’s been a staff writer at Health and a managing and articles editor at Skiing—which, along with Backpacker, were all nominated for National Magazine Awards in General Excellence while she worked there. She teaches seminars and speaks on panels about adventure and magazine writing. And when she’s not tied to a keyboard, she’s skiing, backpacking, running, fishing, doing yoga, taking pictures, reading, and making a mess in the kitchen.