Stephen Trimble

Stephen Trimble was born in Denver, his family's base for roaming the West with his geologist father. Trimble read passionately as a kid and started writing as a teenager, and he just kept writing. A liberal arts education led to work as a park ranger and museum press director. As writer, editor, and photographer, Trimble has published 25 award-winning books during 45 years of paying attention to the landscapes and peoples of the Desert West.

In 2019, Trimble was honored as one of Utah’s 15 most influential artists. In his profile, Calvin Jolley wrote: “Trimble’s output as an artist speaks to where he’s been; it touches what he’s seen; it conveys what he’s learned as a father, writer, son, photographer, activist, teacher, husband, and friend. The circles of his lifework broaden the circles of our lives by speaking to the messenger and interpreter in each of us.”

Trimble speaks and writes frequently as a conservation advocate and has taught writing at the University of Utah, where he received a Wallace Stegner Fellowship at the Tanner Humanities Center during the centennial of Stegner’s birth. The breadth of his awards mirrors the wide embrace of his work: The Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for photography and conservation; The National Cowboy Museum’s Western Heritage “Wrangler” Award; and a Doctor of Humane Letters from his alma mater, Colorado College. Trimble makes his home in Salt Lake City and in the redrock country of Torrey, Utah. For more about his work, see www.stephentrimble.net.