Miles W. Griffis

Miles W. Griffis is an award-winning independent journalist based in Los Angeles, California. He covers with the Southwest, health, and queer issues.

His work has appeared in High Country News, The New York Times, National Geographic, Outside, Popular Science, Them, Vogue, Vox, Wildsam, and many others. He was selected as a finalist in the Sewanee Review’s 2020, 2022, and 2023 non-fiction contests. He is the co-founder of The Sick Times, a new website covering the Long Covid crisis.

Outside of his writing, Miles has worked as a backcountry guide in Colorado, Canada, and Australia. He’s also volunteered as a wild land firefighter.

He is currently accepting freelance opportunities and is at work on a memoir about Long Covid and climate change in the Mojave Desert, recently recognized as a finalist by the 2024 Ellen Meloy Fund for Desert Writers. He is represented by Katelyn Dougherty at Paradigm Talent Agency.