I am a writer of all things related
to the work and life of commercial fishing families. I spent several years conducting interviews from salmon fishing grounds
outside of Ketchikan to Bering Sea fishing vessels tied up in Dutch Harbor, and have written stories from within the gates
of Oregon shipyards to tables at the Highliner Tavern in Ballard.
Now
the wife of a fisherman and mother of two young children, I write from home. I often rise before the sun (just as I did while
working in Alaska alongside my sisters as a deckhand aboard our father’s boat) to meet deadlines and work on writing
projects.
I publish profiles, features, and personal essays in both
trade and mainstream publications. I am a longtime correspondent for National Fisherman magazine
and have been published in Pacific Fishing. My personal essays have been published in the anthologies
A Matter of Choice: 25 People Who Transformed Their Lives, Steady as She Goes: Women’s Adventures
at Sea, and P.S. What I Didn't Say: Unsent Letters to Our Female Friends.
