Heather Lende, Alaska Writer Laureate Heather Lende’s work, mostly about life and sometimes death in Haines, Alaska, has been distributed widely, from The Anchorage Daily News and Christian Science Monitor to NPR and Country Living. She is a former contributing editor...
Eowyn Ivey, Keynote Author Eowyn Ivey was raised in Alaska and continues to live there with her husband and two daughters. She worked for a decade as a bookseller at independent Fireside Books in Palmer, Alaska, and prior to that as a reporter for the local newspaper,...
John Straley John Straley is a poet, novelist, and a private investigator. He is the author of two series of novels: one features Cecil Younger as an Alaskan private eye and another centers around the town of Cold Storage, Alaska. His latest novel, Cold Storage,...
Lynn Schooler Lynn’s first book, The Blue Bear, won the French literary prize Prix Littéraire 30 Millions d’Amis (Thirty Million Friends), as well as being named the Editors at Amazon.com’s #1 choice for Nature Writing in 2002 and a Notable Book by...
Kim Heacox We are pleased to announce that Kim will deliver the 2021 North Words keynote address. Kim Heacox, a former park ranger, is an author, photographer, musician and climate change activist who lives in Gustavus, Alaska, near Glacier Bay National Park. He’s...
