Writing about Wild Relationships in Alaska with Caroline Van Hemert and Lisa Maloney
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Alaska Authors Caroline Van Hemert and Lisa Maloney come together to discuss writing about wild relationships in Alaska. Caroline Van Hemert is a wildlife biologist and author of The Sun Is A Compass, A 4,000-Mile Journey into The Alaskan Wilds. She received her PhD in the Dept. of Biology and Wildlife at UAF with a research focus on avian health and disease. Lisa Maloney has lived in Alaska for 30 years. A full-time travel and outdoors writer, she's the author of three guidebooks, including the award-winning "Moon Alaska," and "Day Hiking Southcentral Alaska," which features 100 hikes with detailed route descriptions and color photos. Lisa also served as senior editor at Alaska magazine, and has freelanced as an outdoors columnist for the Anchorage Press and Anchorage Daily News.
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