# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Deadly Fun Learning: Mysteries that Champion Our National Parks
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 02 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 02 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-06:00)
- **Event Description**: CSWS Lyceum (Room 120) 
Free + Open to All! 

Scott Graham, National Outdoor Book Award-winning author of the National Park Mystery Series, will share the writing and development over the last decade of his successful National Park Mystery Series, published by nonprofit environmental and social justice publisher Torrey House Press. 

Newly released book ten in the series is GREAT SAND DUNES MASSACRE, set in southern Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Book nine in the series, DEATH VALLEY DUEL, was a finalist for the 2025 Colorado Book Award. It features a villainous ultra-trail race across the Mojave Desert based in part on the annual Hardrock 100 ultra-trail race in Silverton. 
 
Scott is based in Durango, CO and, in addition to a thriving writing career, is an avid outdoorsman and advocate for public lands. In addition to his mysteries, Scott is the author of five nonfiction books, including Extreme Kids, and winner of the National Outdoor Book Award. Scott has worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor, radio disk jockey, and coal-shoveling fireman on the steam-powered Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. 

This is a featured event of the 2026 Southwest Colorado Humanities Roundtable History Live!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/durango/deadly-fun-learning-mysteries-that-champion-our-national-parks/200030192207942
- **Event Categories**: sports, art, literary-art, trips-adventures, kids
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 24

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Durango
- **state**: CO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College
- **lat**: 37.278525591474
- **long**: -107.86624829501
- **full address**: Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College, 925 Talon Ln, Durango, CO 81301, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Deadly Fun Learning: Mysteries that Champion Our National Parks being held?
  - **A:** Deadly Fun Learning: Mysteries that Champion Our National Parks takes place on Wed, 02 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 02 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College, 925 Talon Ln, Durango, CO 81301, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Deadly Fun Learning: Mysteries that Champion Our National Parks?
  - **A:** Deadly Fun Learning: Mysteries that Champion Our National Parks is organized by Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Deadly Fun Learning: Mysteries that Champion Our National Parks is ideal for sports fans, athletes, fitness enthusiasts, and anyone who loves the thrill of live competitive action and the energy of a crowd. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Durango, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Deadly Fun Learning: Mysteries that Champion Our National Parks sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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