Wilderness and Razor Wire: A Naturalist's Observations from Prison Mercury House Press, 2000
Winner of the 2000 John Burrough's Award for Outstanding Nature Writing
Beyond Desert Walls: Essays from Prison The University of Arizona Press, 2005
Featured in New York at a social research conference called Punishment: The US Record in December 2006. The program included readings by actor/activists Richard Gere and Carey Lowell.
Time of Grace: Thoughts on Nature, Family and the Politics of Crime and Punishment The University of Arizona Press, 2007
Awarded the 2007 Soros Justice Fellowship by The Open Society Institute in New York to complete and promote Time of Grace, formally called Razor Wire Notes. See the announcement.
Chiricahua Mountains: Bridging the Borders of Wildness (with photographer Jeff Garton) The University of Arizona Press, 2003
Selected The Bloomsbury Review "Editors' Favorite Books of 2003"
"...two desert aficionados pay fitting tribute to this unique mountain range that anchors the sunwashed southeast corner of the Grand Canyon state." - John A. Murray
Lamberton is currently working on a new book about the natural history of the Santa Cruz River in Arizona and Mexico. This book, called Santa Cruz: Stories of Life and Redemption on a Dead River is funded by a grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts.
Another work in progress is a book called My Daughters and Other Animals: A Father's Notes on Being Raised by Girls. Read an excerpt.