Background
Ken Lamberton was born on November 8, 1958, in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. He is a son of Mary Brancheau.
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Ken Lamberton holds a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Arizona.
(From Mark Slouka, San Francisco Chronicle: Ken Lamberton ...)
From Mark Slouka, San Francisco Chronicle: Ken Lamberton would like you to believe his book, "Wilderness and Razor Wire," is about the smell of creosote and rain on the wind, about hawkmoths dipping from the wells of cactus. Don't believe him. Don't be misled by the drawings of brittlebush and silverleaf oak (all done by Lamberton himself), or the well-intentioned, avuncular foreword by Richard Shelton, who taught Lamberton writing in prison workshops and at the University of Arizona.
https://www.amazon.com/Wilderness-Razor-Wire-Naturalists-Observations/dp/1562791168/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Wilderness+and+Razor+Wire%3A+A+Naturalist%E2%80%99s+Observations+from+Prison&qid=1582273373&s=books&sr=1-1
2000
(For many, these mountains represent the Apache stronghold...)
For many, these mountains represent the Apache stronghold of Geronimo. For others, they are a birdwatcher's paradise. But the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona are more than this. They are a classic "sky island" of the desert, a rich storehouse of biologic diversity. On a journey undertaken in search of a pair of rare short-tailed hawks, Ken Lamberton takes readers on an excursion through these mountains, from their riparian canyons to their highest peaks. The Chiricahuas comprise the largest single range in southern Arizona, crisscrossed by more than 300 miles of trails. Lamberton is your guide along these trails, and his knowledge of the mountains and their natural history makes him a perfect hiking companion while Jeff Garton's stunning photographs enrich your visit.
https://www.amazon.com/Chiricahua-Mountains-Bridging-Borders-Wildness/dp/0816522901/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Chiricahua+Mountains%3A+Bridging+the+Borders+of+Wildness&qid=1582274560&s=books&sr=1-1
2003
(A teacher and family man incarcerated in Arizona State Pr...)
A teacher and family man incarcerated in Arizona State Prison - the result of a transgression that would cost him a dozen years of his life - Ken Lamberton can see beyond his desert walls. In essays that focus on the natural history of the region and on his own personal experiences with desert places, the author of the Burroughs Medal-winning book Wilderness and Razor Wire takes readers along as he revisits the Southwest he knew when he was free, and as he makes an inner journey toward self-awareness. Whether considering the seemingly eternal cacti or the desolate beauty of the Pinacate, he draws on sharp powers of observation to re-create what lies beyond his six-by-eight cell and to contemplate the thoughts that haunt his mind as tenaciously as the kissing bugs that haunt his sleep.
https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Desert-Walls-Essays-Prison-ebook/dp/B018767ZCE/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Beyond+Desert+Walls%3A+Essays+from+Prison&qid=1582274090&s=books&sr=1-1
2005
(Time of Grace is a remarkable book, written with great el...)
Time of Grace is a remarkable book, written with great eloquence by a former science teacher who was incarcerated for twelve years for his sexual liaison with a teenage student. Far more than a “prison memoir," it is an intimate and revealing look at relationships - with fellow humans and with the surprising wildlife of the Sonoran Desert, both inside and beyond prison walls. Throughout, Ken Lamberton reflects on human relations as they mimic and defy those of the natural world, whose rhythms calibrate Lamberton’s days and years behind bars. He writes with candor about his life while observing desert flora and fauna with the insight and enthusiasm of a professional naturalist.
https://www.amazon.com/Time-Grace-Thoughts-Politics-Punishment/dp/0816525706/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Time+of+Grace%3A+Thoughts+on+Nature%2C+Family+and+the+Politics+of+Crime+and+Punishment&qid=1582274324&s=books&sr=1-1
2007
(Here, Ken Lamberton finds his way through a lifetime of e...)
Here, Ken Lamberton finds his way through a lifetime of exploring southern Arizona’s Santa Cruz River. This river - dry, still, and silent one moment, a thundering torrent of mud the next - serves as a reflection of the desert around it: a hint of water on parched sand, a path to redemption across a thirsty landscape.
https://www.amazon.com/Dry-River-Stories-Death-Redemption-ebook/dp/B00MBIRPZW/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Dry+River+%3A+Stories+of+Life%2C+Death%2C+and+Redemption+on+the+Santa+Cruz&qid=1582274753&s=books&sr=1-1
2011
(It seemed like a simple plan - visit fifty-two places in ...)
It seemed like a simple plan - visit fifty-two places in fifty-two weeks. But for author Ken Lamberton, a forty-five-year veteran of life in the Sonoran Desert, the entertaining results were anything but easy. In Chasing Arizona, Lamberton takes readers on a yearlong, twenty-thousand-mile joyride across Arizona during its centennial, racking up more than two hundred points of interest along the way. Lamberton chases the four corners of Arizona, attempts every county, every reservation, and every national monument and state park, from the smallest community to the largest city. He drives his Kia Rio through the longest tunnels and across the highest suspension bridges, hikes the hottest deserts, and climbs the tallest mountain, all while visiting the people, places, and treasures that make Arizona great.
https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Arizona-Yearlong-Obsession-Canyon/dp/0816528926/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Chasing+Arizona%3A+One+Man%27s+Yearlong+Obsession+with+the+Grand+Canyon+State&qid=1582275446&s=books&sr=1-1
2015
Ken Lamberton was born on November 8, 1958, in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. He is a son of Mary Brancheau.
Ken Lamberton holds a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Arizona.
From 1982 to 1986 Ken Lamberton worked as a teacher at Mesa Public Schools in Mesa, Arizona. He spent twelve years in the Arizona prison system, where he joined the Creative Writing Workshop of poet and author Richard Shelton. He began writing articles and essays about the natural history of the Southwest in the early 1990s.
His writing first appeared in national magazines and literary journals like Orion, Arizona Highways, Bird Watcher’s Digest, Manoa, Northern Lights, Alligator Juniper, Puerto Del Sol, and the Gettysburg Review. Several of these essays, were selected for anthologies such as American Nature Writing, Getting Over the Color Green, and David Quammen's anthology The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2000.
In 2000 Lamberton published his book Wilderness and Razor Wire: A Naturalist’s Observations from Prison, followed by Chiricahua Mountains: Bridging the Borders of Wildness (2003), Beyond Desert Walls: Essays from Prison (2005), Time of Grace: Thoughts on Nature, Family and the Politics of Crime and Punishment (2007), and others.
He has appeared in Writer's Market 1999, The Arizona Republic, the Arizona Daily Star, The Dallas Morning News, and Sierra Magazine.
(From Mark Slouka, San Francisco Chronicle: Ken Lamberton ...)
2000(A teacher and family man incarcerated in Arizona State Pr...)
2005(Time of Grace is a remarkable book, written with great el...)
2007(Here, Ken Lamberton finds his way through a lifetime of e...)
2011(It seemed like a simple plan - visit fifty-two places in ...)
2015(For many, these mountains represent the Apache stronghold...)
2003On January 10, 1981, Ken Lamberton married Karen Lamberton. They have three children: Jessica Ann, Kasondra Joy, Melissa Lynn.