ABOUT

Gloria Liu is a journalist based in northern California. She writes longform features and essays.

Her stories have been nominated for a National Magazine Award; recommended by Longform, Longreads, and The Sunday Long Read; and recognized as notable mentions in the Best American Essays and Best American Sports Writing anthologies. One of her features won a Lowell Thomas Award in Investigative Reporting.

Previously, Gloria was the features editor for Outside Magazine, and she’s still a contributing editor there. Her byline also appears in The Atlantic, National Geographic, Men’s Health, Travel + Leisure, Cosmopolitan, and other publications. A former Colorado resident, she writes frequently about issues facing the Mountain West. But she’s also written about gun violence, housing, drinking culture, AI, and labor disputes.

Gloria is also available as a freelance editor, editing stories for publications like Outside and High Country News. In her previous roles as features editor at Outside and BICYCLING, she contributed to teams that earned three National Magazine Award nominations.

Before journalism, Gloria worked in finance performing valuations for tech companies. She lives in a cabin in the Sierras, and when she’s not writing, she’s in the mountains—backcountry skiing, trail running, or riding her bike.

Email Gloria at liuglo@gmail.com.

Photo by Emily Sierra