Jeanne loves to laugh and be outdoors when the sun is shining. She loves the ocean, all sealife, and dawdling. Gardens are her favorite places on land. She is learning to stop and smell the flowers even when the winds of life push her faster than she wants to go.
Stephanie grew up in Appalachia but has lived in Alaska
Andromeda Romano-Lax is the author of two novels, The Spanish Bow (Harcourt 2007) and The Detour (Soho Press, forthcoming 2012), as well as a dozen books about Alaska Mexico Alaska
Louise is presently working on a novel based on her grandmother's secret 1918 diary. Her first book, Standing Up to the Rock, was published in 2001 by the University of Nebraska Press Idaho
Arlene Lidbergh-Jasper is a part-time private piano teacher who teaches about 25 students. After she retired from the State of Alaska 1996. In 1998 she began writing memoir stories while attending writing workshops in Cannon Beach , Oregon
Eric has lived in Anchorage University of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage
Karen Benning is a recovering CPA who received her MFA in creative nonfiction in 2006. She also enjoys writing fiction and poetry. To pay the bills, Karen does grantwriting and nonprofit consulting work. An Alaskan for nearly 20 years, she enjoys mountain biking, road cycling, cross country skiing, hiking and, when she must, running.
Lucian Childs Born in Dallas , Texas Anchorage , Alaska University of Texas University of Alaska
Renee has been writing poetry most of her life. A life-long learner, she has published several peer-reviewed research articles and also writes for avocational publications. The mother of an adult daughter, Renee's interests include singing, scuba diving, writing, baking and the great outdoors. She lives with a "dawg" named Tanner, a cat named Amos, four ferrets (Odie, Isadora, Koko & Cloud), fish and birds.
Jeremy Pataky is a 49 Alaska Writing Center University of Montana Wrangell Mountains Center McCarthy , Alaska
A relative sourdough of 35 years in Alaska South Anchorage High School Niles University of Oregon
Debbie LaFleiche has her BA in English from New York University (NYU) and her MFA from UAA. She has been published in Passages North, Reunions Magazine, Under the Sun, Spindrift and other magazines. She has worked at the YWCA Anchorage as the Finance Director for the last 9 years. Currently, Debbie is at work on a memoir and is considering an attempt at a mystery.
Carol Hult writes nonfiction - essays, travel blogs, memoir - and has published her work in U.S. Nebraska South Africa New York Wyoming Alaska Anchorage
Lorena flies a medivac helicopter. She spends her time between flights leading a mentoring program for female pilots and writing her first novel. She recently impressed her boyfriend with her frog-catching abilities, swam with her mother in frigid waters, got second-place to her five-year-old nephew in the biggest blueberry contest, and played tug-of-war with her sister's sled dog puppies. She looks forward to laughing and learning with the other retreat participants.
Sue Pope has published essays in Pilgrimage, Alaska Woman Magazine, Damselfly Press, The Southeast Review, Crosscurrents North: Alaskans on the Environment, Cirque: A Literary Journal of the Pacific Rim, Persimmon Tree, and Bluestem. In addition to writing creative non-fiction, she has worked as a social researcher for the University of Alaska Anchorage Namibia
Scott prides himself on the rare American feat of shooting Ronald Reagan,George W Bush,Sarah Palin and getting away with it. He is not proud of the fact that he owns more books than he has read. Scott looks forward to the possibility of networking with alternative book shelving experts.
Benita has degrees in Film & Television Production and also Psychology. So she is very interested in the art of story telling as well as the analysis behind what motivates people to do the things that they do. It has been a dream for her to attend a retreat such as this and she has come to be inspired.
Carol has a long scar crawling up her right arm. When she was little she hid it, worried that other kids might think it came from drug use (because of all those after-school TV specials). When she was older, she told people, when they asked, that the scar resulted from an unlucky encounter with a walrus. When she was a baby, she said, her mom left her bundled on the beach and took off berry picking. The walrus came ashore and nudged her. (This story embarrasses Carol's mother.)
Steve’s biography is at www.shamburek.com. His primary written efforts are available at www.e-commentary.org.
Cindy is a native Tennessean who moved to Skagway , AK
