This Alaskan author/sculptor builds her world in a precise order: God, family, and art. She firmly believes that a book isn't worth reading unless it can take you to a place you never knew existed ...view moreThis Alaskan author/sculptor builds her world in a precise order: God, family, and art. She firmly believes that a book isn't worth reading unless it can take you to a place you never knew existed (wherein she considers her books in particular a narrated historical effort for a realm of shapeshifters whose moiety drives complex and arcane societies).view less