Dana Stabenow is a native of Anchorage. As the story goes, she was raised by her mother on a 75-foot fish tender in the Gulf of Alaska before being hooked by the thought of writing, which promised better working conditions. Stabenow earned a BA in Journalism and an MFA in Creative Writing, and then launched…
I love wilderness settings, both in books and real life. Something about wild places has always fascinated me, and if you ask me my favorite vacation spots—Vancouver Island, Cape Breton Island, Alaska—you’ll notice a theme: rugged mountains, rocky shores and endless forest. I even write surrounded by forest, in an off-the-grid cabin in our back…
I live in Breckenridge, Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains and I’m an outdoorsy kind of gal. I enjoy skiing and snowshoeing in the winter and whitewater rafting, hiking, and biking in the summer. As such, I enjoy reading mystery novels that are set in the great outdoors, so when the weather is too blustery and…
Bad Blood by Dana Stabenow is the 20th in the Alaskan series of Kate Shugak mysteries (available February 25, 2013). One hundred years of bad blood between the villages of Kushtaka and Kuskulana come to a boil when the body of a young Kushtaka ne’er-do-well is found wedged in a fish wheel. Sergeant Jim Chopin’s…
Mystery conventions (aka conferences) can be a great way to meet some of your favorite authors and to find kindred crime fiction friends. There are so many different fan conventions to choose from, ranging from those that focus on traditional mysteries and cozies (Malice Domestic) to thrillers (ThrillerFest), up to the big daddy of them…
Don’t forget to enter to win an ARC of Restless in the Grave before anyone else gets it! Alaska aviation entrepreneur Finn Grant died in the fiery crash of his Piper Super Cub. Someone sabotaged his engine, and virtually everyone in southwestern Alaska has a motive, including his betrayed wife, his bullied children, and Liam’s…
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A few weeks ago my To Be Read pile had a Michael Connelly, a Jonathan Kellerman, and a Dick Francis (well, Felix Francis, at least) on the stack. As I looked at those spines I realized that despite breaking up with my fair share of authors, I seem to have more than a few that…
