Philip Connors is an American essayist and author. He was born in Iowa and raised in Minnesota. He studied journalism at the University of Montana. He interned at The Nation and subsequently worked at the Wall Street Journal for several years. He left New York City in 2002 and moved to New Mexico. He lived in Silver City, NM for several years before moving to El Paso, Texas.

All the Wrong Places: A Life Lost and Found
2015
ISBN 9780393246483
Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout
2011
ISBN 9780062078902
A Song for the River
2018
ISBN 9781941026922
New West Reader: Essays on an Ever-Evolving Frontier
2005
ISBN 9781560256489
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009
2009
ISBN 9780547241609
Fire Season
2011
ISBN 9780061859366n+1 Issue 8: Recessional
2009