Cassidy Randall is an award-winning author and journalist writing on adventure, environment, and the West. Her latest book, THIRTY BELOW: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women’s Ascent of Denali, was covered in Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Men’s Journal, TIME, Outside, The Guardian, named one of Washington Post’s Noteworthy Books of the Month, and won the Banff Award in Mountain Literature. Her first book, THE HARD PARTS with Paralympian Oksana Masters, won an Alex Award from the American Library Association and was listed as one of the best sports books of the year by The Times. 

Cassidy’s journalism has appeared in Rolling Stone, National Geographic, New York Times, Outside, Politico, Forbes, and Men’s Journal, among others. Her work has been awarded the Lowell Thomas Gold Medal in Adventure Travel Writing, short listed for The True Story Award, and anthologized in The Year’s Best Sports Writing. She lives in Missoula, Montana.