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You won’t get the Alaska of reality TV producers or seasonal workers. You’ll get a year-round perspective from a full-time Alaskan. I am a high school teacher and freelance writer in Ketchikan, Alaska.

Books
A Miserable Paradise: Life in Southeast Alaska (2021)
Beyond the Hunt (2023)

Other credits
Juneau Empire - Outdoor columnist 2015-present
Alaska Magazine
The Drake Magazine
Mule Deer Foundation

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Freelance writer and teacher in Ketchikan, Alaska. Author - A Miserable Paradise: Life in Southeast Alaska (2021), Big Wild Life (2025)
I write about food, the outdoors, fatherhood, and eating and living radically.
Outside with my family in Southeast Alaska