Author/Photographer

Colleen J. Miniuk (she/her/hers) is an award-winning author, photographer, speaker, and outdoor educator whose work blends wilderness, personal transformation, and creative exploration. A former corporate professional turned full-time artist, she writes inspiring memoir, nature, and photography books that encourage readers to rethink success, embrace authenticity, and reconnect with the natural world.

She is the author of So Said the River, a transformational memoir of self-discovery, resilience, and reinvention, as well as several acclaimed photography and nature books, including Photographing Acadia National Park: The Essential Guide to When, Where, and How, Wild in Arizona: Photographing Arizona’s Wildflowers, and The Current Flows: Water in the Arid West.

A three-time Artist-in-Residence at Acadia National Park, Colleen’s photography and writing have been featured by National Geographic calendars, Arizona Highways, AAA Via, National Parks Traveler, and other publications. She pens an online photography advice column called “Dear Bubbles.” She is also the recipient of the J. Hammond Brown Memorial Award from the Outdoor Writers Association of America.

Through books, photography, workshops, women’s retreats, and speaking engagements, Colleen inspires others to pursue creativity, curiosity, courage, and freedom, both in wild places and within themselves. She lives in Arizona in the Colorado River watershed.

She resides in Chandler, AZ, on the ancestral homeland of the Hohokam, in the Colorado River watershed.

To learn more about her work, including how to join a photography workshop, arrange a speaking engagement, purchase her other books, or order photographic prints, visit www.colleenminiuk.com.