Wildfire Days: A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West

FINALIST FOR THE WOMEN WRITING THE WEST 2026 WILLA LITERARY AWARD

In the exhilarating spirit of Wild and A Walk in the Park, this "intimate and action-packed memoir" (Outside) follows one woman's struggle to succeed as a wildland firefighter on an elite, male-dominated crew as they battle some of the fiercest wildfires in the West.

When Kelly Ramsey drives over a California mountain pass to join an elite wildland firefighting crew, she's terrified that she won't be able to keep up with the i...