Kyle and Trevor Ritland
Environmental storytellers, documentary filmmakers, co-founders of ADVENTURE TERM
Kyle Ritland
Kyle Ritland earned his MFA in Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside while working as a freelance environmental journalist, chasing stories of island foxes, desert birds, and big cats. His writing has been published in Blue Ridge Outdoors and The Revelator. He lives at the edge of the woods in the American Northeast with his wife Alannah and their two cats, Hazel and Fiver.
Trevor Ritland
Trevor Ritland spent two years in the cloud forests of Costa Rica before returning to the US to complete graduate work in documentary studies and science communication. His writing and photography exploring imperiled species and environmental mysteries have been published in Atlas Obscura, Mongabay, and Re:wild. Trevor lives with his wife and daughter (and their dog) in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Collaborative Projects
In June of 2025, Kyle and Trevor will publish The Golden Toad: An Ecological Mystery and the Search for a Lost Species with Diversion Books.
Kyle and Trevor are the cofounders of Adventure Term, Inc. — a nonprofit experiential education initiative training the next generation of environmental storytellers.
Their podcast, “Kyle and Trevor Rank Everything,” is exactly what it sounds like. The episodes are hosted on their Google Drive and are not publicly available.
Events & Media
Trevor participated in the Northern Arizona Book Festival’s “Southwest and Environmental Writers: A Reading & Discussion” event on April 12, 2025 at Firecreek Coffee in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Bright Side Bookshop in Flagstaff, Arizona hosted a book launch and reading for The Golden Toad on June 17, 2025.
Kyle and Trevor were featured on the Amphibicast podcast to discuss their book The Golden Toad.
Kyle and Trevor were guests on KPCW’s This Green Earth radio program.
Trevor was featured in a radio story on KNAU in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Get in touch
Our literary agent is Lauren Hall at Folio Literary Management: lauren@foliolit.com
Our publicist is Angelle Barbazon at Books Forward: angelle@booksforward.com
Contact Trevor directly at ritlandtrev1@gmail.com or @crazytrevor1 on social media
Contact Kyle directly at ritlandkyle1@gmail.com or at @ritlandkyle1 on social media