Now at work on her next memoir ... up with the author and adventurer at TravelCon conference in June in Boston. The following conversation has been edited and condensed. Cheryl Strayed:I knew ...

Strayed’s purple-prose memoir, Wild, has received widespread acclaim (Dwight Garner! George Saunders! Oprah!) since its release last year. The book chronicles her impulsive decision to hike over ...

Cheryl Strayed’s 80-minute ... but very well staged. Author and podcaster Strayed is best known for “Wild,” her warts-and-all memoir about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail.