Two-panel image with novel, "The Trees" by Robert Moor on the left, and portrait of Robert Moor outside, smiling at camera on right

Robert Moor

Robert Moor is a journalist, essayist, and author. Hailed by critics as a “philosopher on foot,” he is the bestselling author of On Trails. Translated into more than a dozen languages, On Trails garnered the National Outdoor Book Award, the Pacific Northwest Book Award, and the William Saroyan International Prize.

His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper’s, New York Magazine, Outside, Emergence, and n+1, among other publications. He lives in Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia.

Robert Moor’s newest book, In Trees: An Exploration, is a wondrous new journey through the wilds of nature and the gnarls of history, exploring how trees – from the mightiest sequoia to the tiniest bonsai º can teach us to grow wise.

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