Nancy Lord

Nancy Lord, a former Alaska State Writer Laureate (2008-2010), is the author of four short story collections including the 2026 Let Them Tell You: New and Selected Short Stories, five books of literary nonfiction including Beluga Days: Tracking a White Whale’s Truths and Early Warming: Crisis and Response in the Climate-changed North, and the novel pH.  She also edited the anthologies Made of Salmon and Alaska Literary Field Guide. Her degrees are a B.A. in liberal arts and an M.F.A. in fiction writing. Her work, which focuses mainly on environmental and northern subjects, has appeared widely in journals and anthologies and has been honored with fellowships and awards. She taught in the University of Alaska system for many years and currently teaches science writing for Johns Hopkins University. As a literary citizen, she reviews Alaska-related books for the Anchorage Daily News, serves as an advisor to the Kachemak Bay Writers Conference and Storyknife Writers Retreat, and frequently adjudicates writing
contests. She lives in Homer, Alaska and enjoys hiking, bird and wildlife watching, kayaking, and beachcombing. Her website is www.writernancylord.com.