Heather Rolland

author of Finders, Seekers, Losers, Keepers and Honey Melon Fudge

Heather on the way down Sugarloaf in March 2009.

Click here to read an interview with Heather Rolland about the process of writing Finders, Seekers, Losers, Keepers.

Heather Rolland, a lifelong resident of New York’s Hudson Valley, “sun”lights as a psychotherapist working with teens and their families.  A quirky combination of home body and world traveler, Rolland has spent time in India and Nicaragua, driven a pick-up truck across Canada, and traversed western Nepal in a Bedford bus. She is a registered yoga teacher, an avid hiker, a competitive runner, a published photographer, and plans to drive on every single road in New York State as a life goal (she’s a decent part of the way there). She makes the Catskills her home, with her husband, teenage daughters, and two rescued Belgian shepherd dogs.

Heather writes Honey Melon HikerChick, a blog about all things Catskillian, hikerly, and often self-deprecating, with the occasional restaurant review or recipe thrown in.

She is currently working on a memoir chronicling her journey through the Catskill 35 (the first time round, as it seems inevitable that there will be multiple rounds), tentatively titled "Hiking is the New Yoga."