Maya Silver is a Utah-based writer who covers the outdoors, food, and the environment. She has written for NPR, Travel + Leisure, Food52, and many other publications. Maya is the author of Moon Salt Lake, Park City & the Wasatch Range and co-author of My Parent Has Cancer and It Really Sucks, a book for teens.

Rock/ice climbing, mountain biking, skiing, hiking, and camping fill her mountain life. These days, she’s also busy teaching her two adventurous kids to do the same.

By day, Maya is editor-in-chief of Climbing Magazine.