Laura Pritchett is a popular nonfiction and fiction writer. Her work is rooted in the American West and has been significantly influenced by her native Colorado. Both her fiction and nonfiction often focus on issues of ecology, conservation, climate change, and social justice issues. She has been awarded the PEN USA Award for Fiction, the High Plains Literary Award, the Milkweed National Fiction Prize, the WILLA Fiction Award, and others. She is the editor of three anthologies, all on environmental topics, and writes regularly for magazines. Laura also teaches at Western University in Northern Colorado. Listen as host Kenna Castleberry interviews Laura about her book Great Colorado Bear Stories