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Category Archives: Chatter

maps galore

Click here to go to my Flickr page and look at three maps of Kate Shugak’s world. I love maps, and it is my invariable habit always to begin my novels with a clear vision of the place I’m writing about (Ellfive, the asteroid belt, Mars, interior Alaska, southwest Alaska, Mnemosynea). Then I […]

sex in the Shugak (Park)

Okay, let’s have this conversation.
Sandy, one of the Danamaniacs managers, just forwarded me an email from a fan which read, in part:
“I love the Kate Shugak and Liam Campbell books. I just hope that Ms. Stabenow takes into consideration that some things are best left to a person’s imagination… having the characters smile, kiss, […]

mayor ‘maniac with book

Allow me to introduce you to Mark Begich, currently mayor of the city of Anchorage and a candidate for the US Senate. A friend of a friend asked him to pose with one of my books for the website, and he actually did. Guy’s a good sport and obviously has a good sense […]