Meghan J. Ward is a writer, editor, digital content specialist and all-around storyteller based in Banff, Canada (Treaty 7 territory). A fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Meghan has written several books and contributed to anthologies, blogs, award-winning films and some of North America’s top outdoor, fitness and adventure publications.
Raised in Ottawa, Meghan ventured West to the mountains in 2005 and never looked back. An avid outdoor adventurer with a voracious appetite to understand her surroundings, she has established herself as a mountain historian and an authoritative voice in the Rockies outdoor and travel scene. She has authored four Canadian Rockies photo/travel books, which she collaborated on with her husband, Paul Zizka, a celebrated landscape photographer. She is also the author of a children's book, The Wonders That I Find and a the travelogue/memoir, Lights to Guide Me Home (September 2022, Rocky Mountain Books).
As a consultant, she coaches writers and photographers to help bring their projects to life and ensure their work is seen by a wider audience.
Meghan’s work has worked with such publications and clients as Washington Post Brand Studio, IMPACT Magazine, Canadian Geographic, Mountain Life Rocky Mountains, Outdoor Photographer, Avenue Calgary, Canadian Rockies Annual, Canadian Alpine Journal, Kootenay Mountain Culture, Alpinist.com, Backcountry Magazine, Banff & Lake Louise Tourism, Where.ca, Travel Alberta, Tuja Wellness, Banff Lodging Co., and Highline Magazine, where she also served as Editor from 2011 to 2013.
Meghan loves any sport that takes her up a mountain or into the backcountry, and also enjoys travel and photography. Her own adventures have taken her backpacking in the Caribbean, ski touring in the Arctic, climbing throughout The Canadian Rockies and trekking in Nepal. Her travels with her family have so far taken them across Canada and to New Zealand, Niue, French Polynesia, various Hawaiian islands, Belize, Bermuda, Easter Island/Rapa Nui, Ireland, Malta, Costa Rica, Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Croatia.
