Matis shared her book's music playlist today with Largehearted Boy editor David Gutowski. Check it out here.
Aspen does an Interview with Brazos Bookseller AND a Guest Post on Book Club Girl!
Marker Magazine profiles Aspen Matis
"Aspen Matis began writing when she was nine-years-old and has continued putting stories onto the page ever since. But two years ago, Matis signed a book deal with HarperCollins to write her own story...Writing is never an easy process, but Matis dedicated herself to the task by assuming an eight-hour a day writing schedule. Matis says, “Writing ideas, triggers ideas which means, in my experience, one day off is really two days lost. For this reason, I committed every day to showing up with all of my intelligence.” Matis knew that those with nine to five jobs don’t have the liberty of taking a day off if they happen to be suffering from writer’s block, so Matis treated the writing of Girl in the Woods as a job."
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"Girl In The Woods" featured on GetOutfitted
"Aspen fled to the sanctuary of the woods. For six months she walked a single path from Mexico to Canada, through alpine snowstorms and blood-red deserts, her only company the occasional stranger headed the same way. At any given time she carried no more than 20lbs, including all the food, water, clothing and shelter she needed to live – no knife, no water filter, no winter jacket, no hiking boots. After over a hundred, grueling 25-mile days, she covered the total 2650 miles needed to complete the entire Pacific Crest Trail – a feat fewer people have accomplished than have climbed Mount Everest."
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New "Girl In The Woods" Press from YAHOO, The Daily Free Press, and Trail To Summit!
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The Daily Free Press
Trail To Summit
"Girl In The Woods" featured on Vice's BROADLY
"After being raped on her second day of college, Aspen Matis dropped out and took on one of the most difficult hikes in the country. Now, her memoir, "Girl in the Woods," is getting widespread acclaim."
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The New York Times calls Aspen Matis "A Hero"
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O Magazine calls "Girl In The Woods" a "powerful read"
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International "Girl In The Woods" Press
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THE COURIER MAIL (Australia)
METRO CANADA
VICE ITALY
INDIAN EXPRESS
ELLE Australia calls "Girl In The Woods" a Spring Must-Read
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More Press for "Girl In The Woods" in The Gateway!
“It felt good in the way that feeling sore after exercising feels good, when you’re uncomfortable,” says Matis. “This strengthening pain was “a growing pain… as [John] Steinbeck says, 'an aching kind of growing.' ”
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Aspen Matis Profiled in The Gazette
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Q&A With Aspen Matis In The LA Times
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The Guardian Names "Girl In The Woods" A Must For Summer Reading
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