RobRogersWriter.com

Rob Rogers

Author, attorney, backpacker, and lover of the outdoors

I’m Rob Rogers, a writer and attorney from Winter Garden, Florida.

I recently published my first book, Finding My Way Home: Fighting Depression Backpacking in Central Florida. I also write a blog called the Central Florida Backpacking Desk Jockey, along with essays for literary journals and articles for outdoor and travel publications. When I’m not practicing law, of course.

Book

Finding My Way Home: Fighting Depression Backpacking in Central Florida (Barringer Publishing, 2024)

2025 Florida Authors & Association (FAPA) President’s Book Awards, Winner of the Bronze Medal for Autobiography/Memoir

2025 Independent Author Network (IAN) Book of the Year Awards, Finalist for Nonfiction: Mind/Body/Spirit

Available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop, Walmart, ThriftBooks, AbeBooks, and the Sunshine Book Co. in Clermont, Fla.

“The strongest part of Rogers’s writing is in his raw honesty regarding his emotions and moods; he balances an almost-compulsive devotion to nature with realistic responses to the conflicts that come when interacting with others, emerging on the other side with a curiosity and hopeful expectation of the future. The areas he hikes come alive, unfolding through candid descriptions and personal photographs that transport readers directly into his journey.”

Critic’s Report, The BookLife Prize

Other RECENT Publications

Essays (creative writing)

The Gardan Journal

“Anger Sister,” The Gardan Journal, Jan. 2026 (Vol. 10)

Ponder Review

“Morning Coffee,” Ponder Review, Dec. 2025 (Vol. 9, Issue 2)–Nominated for Pushcart Prize

Bacopa Literary Review

“Baby Bear,” Bacopa Literary Review (2025)

Thorn & Bloom

“Cognitive Distortion,” Thorn & Bloom, Sept. 2025 (Issue 3)

Life in Limbo Literary Magazine

“Cognitive Distortion,” Life in Limbo Literary Magazine (Nov. 17, 2025) [reprint from Thorn & Bloom, Issue 3]

Four Tulips

“Boynton Canyon,” Four Tulips (Nov. 12, 2025)

“Coining Out,” Four Tulips (New Beginnings writing contest–Honorable Mention) (May 30, 2025)

Wilderness House Literary Review

“A Suburban Desk Jockey’s Weekend Adventure in the Green Swamp,” Wilderness House Literary Review, Summer 2025 (Vol. 20, Issue 2)

Still Point Arts Quarterly

“Rebirth by the Baltic Sea,” Still Point Arts Quarterly, Summer 2025 (No. 58)

Articles on Backpacking and Hiking

Outdoors Unlimited

“Backpacking Beside the Baltic Sea,” Outdoors Unlimited (Fall 2025)

Go World Travel

“Bogesundslandet Nature Reserve: Backpacking Paradise Minutes from Stockholm,” Go World Travel (June 22, 2025)

The Footpath Newsletter

“Winter is the Best Time to Enjoy Ichetucknee Springs State Park Near Gainesville,” The Footpath Newsletter (Florida Trail Association, Central Florida Chapter), Jan. 2026

“Barr Hammock near Gainesville Abounds with Family-Friendly Trails Through Old Growth Forest,” The Footpath Newsletter (Florida Trail Association, Central Florida Chapter), Dec. 2025

Articles (Backpacking and Hiking)

RECENT BLOG POSTS