Susan Lamb
Writer/Naturalist

Selected Works and Works in Progress

Natural History
The Natural World of Saint Francis of Assisi
A Natural History of Central Italy.
Arizona's Scenic Seasons
Season-by-season in Arizona, another gorgeous book from Arizona Highways!
100 Common Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie
A field guide with notes on natural history.
The Flower Clock
What Wild Plants Tell Us About Time. (Work in Progress)
National Parks
Grand Canyon: The Vault of Heaven
An illustrated portrait.
Channel Islands National Park
A guide to the park.
Mesa Verde
Interpretive essays.
Southwest Cultures
A guide to Zuni Fetishes and Carvings
One of four guides to Southwestern arts by Susan Lamb.
Pueblo and Mission
Cultural roots of the Southwest

Publications

With a churro lamb at Jay Begay's farm on the Navajo Nation.

Natural History
100 Common Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie
Western National Parks Association, 2007.
100 Common Wildflowers of Central California
Western National Parks Association, 2006.
Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest
Companion Press, 1999.
Wildflowers of the Plateau and Canyon Country
Companion Press, 1996.
The Smithsonian Guide to Natural America:
    Southern Rockies

Random House, 1995.
Wildflowers of California
Companion Press, 1994.

National Park System
Mesa Verde: Life, Earth, Sky
Sierra Press, 2001.
Channel Islands National Park
SPMA, 2000.
Mesa Verde: Of Ladder, Sandstone & Sky
Sierra Press, 1999.
Grand Canyon: The Vault of Heaven
Grand Canyon Association, 1995.
Wupatki National Monument
Western National Parks Association, 1995.
Tumacacori National Historical Park
Western National Parks Association, 1993.
Petroglyph National Monument
Western National Parks Association, 1993.
Montezuma Castle National Monument
Western National Parks Association, 1993.
Lava Beds National Monument
Lava Beds Natural History Association, 1991.

Indigenous/​Native American Cultures
A Guide to American Indian Folk Art of the Southwest
Western National Parks Association, 2006.
A Guide to Zuni Carvings and Fetishes
Western National Parks Association, 2002.
Pueblo and Mission: Cultural Roots of the Southwest Northland Publishing, 1997.
A Guide to Pueblo Pottery
Western National Parks Association, 1996.
A Guide to Navajo Rugs
Western National Parks Association, 1992.
Ancient Walls: Indian Ruins of the SW
Fulcrum, 1992.

Other
"Arizona's High Country"
Rails to Trails Magazine, 2005
"Collaborative Report: The Importance of Grasslands
  in Northern Arizona"
Northern Arizona University, 2006
"Rio de Fé" in The View From Here
Red Lake Books, 2000.
Foreword: Blessings for the Fast-Paced Forest of Peace 2000.
70 Common Butterflies of the Southwest (editor)
Western National Parks Association, 1998.
"The Desert Shall Rejoice" in Nonesuch
Bristol Alumni Magazine, Autumn 1996.
Grand Canyon Nature Notes (annotator)
Grand Canyon Association 1994.
"Of Peace, Blubberhood, & Fanged Yams"
Buzzworm Magazine, Jan/​Feb 1990.
"Grand Canyon: Beyond the Views" Adventure Road July/​August 1991.
"The People" Lake Powell Boaters Guide
Glen Canyon NHA, 1989.
Alcatraz, the Rock Northland, 1987.
Lightfall and Time Northland, 1986.