Dec. 18, 2019: UAA Bookstore hosts final special event, 'Writing about wild relationships in Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ'

by Michelle Saport  |   

Writing about "wild relationships" in Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ with Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Authors Caroline Van Hemert, Lisa Maloney and Erin McKittrick Wednesday, Dec. 18, 4-6 p.m. UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307

Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Authors Caroline Van Hemert, Lisa Maloney and Erin McKittrick come together to discuss writing about wild relationships in Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ.

  • Caroline Van Hemert is a wildlife biologist and author of The Sun Is A Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into The Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æn Wilds. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Biology and Wildlife at UAF with a research focus on avian health and disease.
  • Lisa Maloney has lived in Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ for 30 years. A full-time travel and outdoors writer, she's the author of three guidebooks, including the award-winning Moon Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ, and Day Hiking Southcentral Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ, which features 100 hikes with detailed route descriptions and color photos. Lisa also served as senior editor at Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ magazine, and has freelanced as an outdoors columnist for the Anchorage Press and Anchorage Daily News.
  • Erin McKittrick is author of Mudflats and Fish Camps: 800 Miles around Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ's Cook Inlet. In it, she explores the history of the inlet, the culture of the area, and shares her family's adventures and observation with wildlife. Erin McKittrick has a master's degree in molecular and cellular biology and is co-founder of Ground Truth Trekking, a nonprofit organization that combines "ground truth" with "researched truth."

This is the last UAA Campus Bookstore event after a 20-year run.

Everyone is encouraged to attend. Note: Free parking at UAA.

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