John Straley

John Straley

male
from the San Francisco Bay Area, Alaskawriter, Sitka, Detective fiction, Crime fiction writer, Washington writer…California writer, mystery writer
John Straley is a detective fiction and Shamus Award-winning author famous for his Cecil Younger series of novels. He currently resides in Sitka,...

Richard Nelson

male, 68 years old
University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin, Alaskawriter, Harriman Alaska Expedition, Encounters, boreal forest…Non-fiction writer, Wisconsin writer
Richard K. Nelson (1941-) is a cultural anthropologist and writer whose work has focused primarily on the indigenous cultures of Alaska and, more...
Dana Stabenow

Dana Stabenow

female, 57 years old
novelist, Second Star, Alaskawriter, A Cold Day for Murder, From ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, Edgar Award winner…university of alaska, Thriller writer
Dana Stabenow (born March 27 1952) is an American author who has produced science fiction, mystery and most recently a novel based on modern piracy...

John Haines

male
poet laureate, Alaskawriter
John Haines (b. 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia) is a former poet laureate of Alaska.
Norman D. Vaughan

Norman D. Vaughan

male, deceased (2005)
Alaska dog musher, Alaskawriter, Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, American dog musher, south pole, sporting event…From Alaska
Colonel Norman Dane Vaughan (December 19, 1905 - December 23, 2005) was an American dogsled driver and explorer whose first claim to fame was...
Tom Bodett

Tom Bodett

male, 54 years old (Putney, Vermont, United States)
from Vermont, public television, Motel 6, Webzine, All Things Considered, Alaskawriter…from Homer, Alaska, Vermont writer, Illinois writer, children's writer, Washington writer
Tom Bodett (born February 23, 1955 in Champaign, Illinois) is an American author, voice actor and radio host. He is also the current spokesman for...
Ray Troll

Ray Troll

male
writer, artist, alaskan, fisherman, Alaskawriter
Ray Troll is an Alaskan writer, artist, and fisherman. He lives in Ketchikan, Alaska. He is currently married to Michelle Troll and has two...

Tom Sexton

male, 69 years old
poet, poet laureate, American, alaskan, From Alaska, Alaskawriter
Tom Sexton (born 1940) was an Alaskan poet and scholar who became Alaska's Poet Laureate.
David Marusek

David Marusek

male
New York Times, science fiction writer, graphic designer, American, New York writer, From Buffalo, New York…Alaskawriter, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
David Marusek is an author who was born in Buffalo, New York but lived various places in youth. He is currently divorced and has a grown daughter....
Nora Marks Dauenhauer

Nora Marks Dauenhauer

female
poet, Sealaska Heritage Foundation, Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature, Alaskawriter, Alaska Native, Tlingit…From Alaska, Short story writer
Nora Marks Dauenhauer is an American poet and short-story writer and a scholar of the language and traditions of the Tlingit aboriginal nation in...