100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon & Southwest Washington
William L. Sullivan is the author of 16 books and numerous articles about Oregon, including an Oregon Trails column for the Eugene Register-Guard and the Salem Statesman-Journal. A fifth-generation Oregonian, Sullivan began hiking at the age of five and has been exploring new trails ever since. After earning his English degree from Cornell University and studying at Germany's Heidelberg University, he completed an M.A. in German at the University of Oregon. In 1985 Sullivan set out to investigate Oregon's wilderness on a 1361-mile solo backpacking trek from the state's westernmost shore at Cape Blanco to Oregon's easternmost point in Hells Canyon. His journal of that two-month adventure, Listening for Coyote, was chosen one of Oregon's 100 Books. Information about Sullivan's speaking schedule, his books, and his favorite adventures is available online at his oregonhiking (.com) website. He and his wife Janell live in Eugene, but spend summers at the log cabin they built by hand on a remote, roadless tract in Oregon's Coast Range. Sullivan's memoir, Cabin Fever, chronicles the adventure of building that cabin retreat.