Maggie Gigandet is a Nashville freelance writer focusing on wildlife and the outdoors. An avid hiker, Maggie runs a blog about the Tennessee State Parks at maggiegigandet.com. When she’s not on the trail, Maggie loves to binge on British television shows and daydream about her next trip. Her life’s ambition, having pursued a course of independent study in doughnut tasting for years, is to one day judge a doughnut bake-off.