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'''Deb Vanasse''' (born September 12, 1957) is an American writer of more than a dozen books, many of which are set in [[Alaska]]. Her children's books include six picture books and two young adult novels. She and young-adult novelist [[Gail Giles]] are the co-authors of ''No Returns'', Book One in a planned series, the Battleband Saga. Her books for adults include ''Cold Spell'' and a forthcoming biography of the Klondike gold rush figure [[Kate Carmack]].<ref name=ADN>{{cite news |
'''Deb Vanasse''' (born September 12, 1957) is an American writer of more than a dozen books, many of which are set in [[Alaska]]. Her children's books include six picture books and two young adult novels. She and young-adult novelist [[Gail Giles]] are the co-authors of ''No Returns'', Book One in a planned series, the Battleband Saga. Her books for adults include ''Cold Spell'' and a forthcoming biography of the Klondike gold rush figure [[Kate Carmack]].<ref name=ADN>{{cite news|last=Dunham |first=Mike |title=Discovering Shaaw Tlaa |url=http://www.adn.com/2014/01/03/3257458/writer-hopes-to-set-record-straight.html |accessdate=6 February 2014 |newspaper=[[Anchorage Daily News]] |date=3 January 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210035049/http://www.adn.com:80/2014/01/03/3257458/writer-hopes-to-set-record-straight.html |archivedate=10 February 2014 |df= }}</ref> She has also authored three travel guides on Alaska, one under a pseudonym,{{clarify|date=August 2014}} and she has edited a collection of historic photographs. |
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== Life and career == |
== Life and career == |
Revision as of 18:11, 9 December 2016
Deb Vanasse (born September 12, 1957) is an American writer of more than a dozen books, many of which are set in Alaska. Her children's books include six picture books and two young adult novels. She and young-adult novelist Gail Giles are the co-authors of No Returns, Book One in a planned series, the Battleband Saga. Her books for adults include Cold Spell and a forthcoming biography of the Klondike gold rush figure Kate Carmack.[1] She has also authored three travel guides on Alaska, one under a pseudonym,[clarification needed] and she has edited a collection of historic photographs.
Life and career
Vanasse was born in St. Paul, Minnesota.[2] Her maiden name is Debra Lynn Lehmann; her brother is the writer Chris Lehmann.[citation needed] She lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Galesburg, Illinois; and Madison, Wisconsin before moving to Iowa, where she graduated from Davenport West High School. She attended Washington University in St. Louis and graduated with a Bachelor in Science from Bemidji State University in Minnesota and a Masters in the Humanities from California State University Dominguez Hills.
Vanasse's debut novel for young adults, A Distant Enemy,[3] was a Junior Literary Guild selection and is featured in Best Books for Young Teen Readers, Grades 7 to 10,[4] as was her second novel Out of the Wilderness.[5] Her picture book titles include Under Alaska's Midnight Sun (illustrated by Jeremiah Tramell);[6][7] Alaska Animal Babies (photographs by Gavriel Jecan); Totem Tale[8] (illustrated by Erik Brooks); and Amazing Alaska (illustrated by Karen E. Lewis). Set in a Yup'ik village, there is also a Yup'ik language edition of Lucy's Dance, illustrated by Nancy Slagle.[9] Black Wolf of the Glacier, also illustrated by Nancy Slagle, is based on the true story of Romeo, a well-known wolf that lived near Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. No Returns, Book One of the Battleband Saga, is Vanasse’s first co-authored novel with Gail Giles. Cold Spell, her first work of literary fiction for adults, is part of the University of Alaska Press Alaska Literary Series.[10] Vanasse and another writer, Andromeda Romano-Lax, founded the 49 Alaska Writing Center.[11] She lives on Hiland Mountain in Eagle River, Alaska, with her husband and dog.
Bibliography
Picture Books |
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1. Under Alaska’s Midnight Sun (March 1, 2005) |
2. Alaska Animal Babies (March 1, 2005) |
3. Totem Tale (Feb. 7, 2006) |
4. Amazing Alaska (March 2, 2010) |
5. Lucy’s Dance (June 15, 2011) |
6. Black Wolf of the Glacier (March 15, 2013) |
Novels |
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1. A Distant Enemy (Jan. 10, 2014) |
2. Out of the Wilderness (June 13, 2013) |
3. No Returns (Feb. 12, 2014) |
4. Cold Spell (2014) |
Nonfiction |
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1. Picture This, Alaska (Jan. 27, 2009) |
2. Wealth Woman: Kate Carmack and the Last Great Race for Gold (2014) |
References
- ^ Dunham, Mike (3 January 2014). "Discovering Shaaw Tlaa". Anchorage Daily News. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
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- ^ Devereaux, Elizabeth (Jan 13, 1997). "Review: A Distant Enemy". Publisher's Weekly. 244 (2): 76. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ Gillespie, John (2000). Best Books for Young Teen Readers, Grades 7 to 10. RR Bowker. p. 1066. ISBN 9780835242646.
- ^ Carton, Debbie (March 1999). "Book Review: Out of the Wilderness". Booklist. 95 (14): 130. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ Harac, Lani (Oct 2005). "What's New". Teacher Magazine. 17 (2): 60. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ McKay, Carol (August 2005). "Review: Under Alaska's Midnight Sun". School Library Journal. 51 (8): 107. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ Lamont, Blanche (2008). Mentoring Young Writers. Rainbow Literacy. pp. 30–236. ISBN 978-0981023809.
- ^ . University of Alaska Press http://www.alaska.edu/uapress/browse/search/index.xml. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
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- ^ . 49 Alaska Writing Center http://www.49writingcenter.org/About%20Us/mission.php. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
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External links
- Official website
- The Self-Made Writer (blog)
- Battleband Saga series (official)
- Deb Vanasse at Library of Congress, with 11 library catalog records
- Orphaned articles from March 2014
- Articles created via the Article Wizard
- 1957 births
- American children's writers
- American fantasy writers
- American nature writers
- American travel writers
- American women novelists
- Writers from Alaska
- Living people
- Women children's writers
- Women science writers
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers