Diana Helmuth

Diana Helmuth is the award-winning author of How to Suffer Outside , a how-to for beginning backpackers and readers intrigued by the man-vs-nature stand-off. Before becoming an author, she worked in San Francisco's startup land for several seed-stage tech companies, and studied anthropology and Arabic at UC Berkeley. She was born and raised in Northern California and is currently trying to make friends with a seal in the Puget Sound. Connect at DianaHelmuth.com.

Diana Helmuth is the award-winning author of How to Suffer Outside , a how-to for beginning backpackers and readers intrigued by the man-vs-nature stand-off. Before becoming an author, she worked in San Francisco's startup land for several seed-stage tech companies, and studied anthropology and Arabic at UC Berkeley. She was born and raised in Northern California and is currently trying to make friends with a seal in the Puget Sound. Connect at DianaHelmuth.com. See less