Jessica Carew Kraft is the author of Why We Need to Be Wild: One Woman's Quest for Ancient Human Answers to 21st-Century Questions (Sourcebooks, 2023). She chronicles her journey from burning out in Silicon Valley tech to embracing the ancestral skills community that allowed her to finally thrive in nature. An independent journalist trained in anthropology, she holds degrees from the University of London, Yale University, and Swarthmore College. Her reporting on health, culture, tech, and education has been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Forbes, San Francisco Chronicle, Politico, NBC News, KQED, and many other outlets. A long-distance trail runner and naturalist, Kraft also regularly leads wilderness foraging excursions. Formerly residing in the Bay Area, she now lives with her partner, two daughters, and like-minded neighbors of various species in the forest of the Sierra Foothills. Jeff Freeman is a photographer based in Lake Tahoe, with over 20 years of experience capturing architecture, craftsmanship, and life across the American West. An avid outdoorsman himself, he brings a lifelong appreciation for wild places to his work behind the camera.????????????????
