Select Page

About Kris Rugg

Kris has lived and worked in national parks across the country for more than a decade. They’ve rafted the lower 200 miles of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, hiked every trail in Acadia, biked across Prince Edward Island end-to-end, eaten glacial ice while sitting in a kayak in Kenai Fjords, and helped release baby sea turtles at Cape Hatteras. More often than not Kris is somewhere in nature with a love story brewing in their mind.

Kris is queer, non-binary, disabled, and neurospicy. They are an advocate for full access to wild spaces for all people. Kris hopes their books help accurately represent the diversity of people who enjoy outdoor adventures and who find romance along the way.

Kris smiles at the camera while wearing a backpack. There are large mountains with a rainbow overhead in the background.

Books

Cover of a book titled “In a Flash”. Outline of 2 people with large backpacks face each other and hold hands. In the background the outline of Grand Canyon with a large bird in the top right corner.

In a Flash

If you were given a second chance with the woman of your dreams, would you be brave enough to take it? This sapphic romance follows the love story of Park Ranger Kes and first-time backpacker Mae.

Cover a book titled “On Foot: Grand Canyon Backpacking Stories”. Open sky, silhouette of a backpacker with Grand Canyon in the distance.

On Foot

Twenty-seven tales of adventure, discovery, danger, and deep solitude await readers of this first-ever anthology of essays devoted to the Grand Canyon backpacking experience. Kris is featured in this collection.

Coming Soon!!

Are you ready for another sapphic romance set in national parks? Trudy’s story is coming out soon!