Frances Turney grew up in Michigan and lived many years in Alaska. She writes from her heart about what she knows and has learned through travel and research. Her poems and stories have been publis...view moreFrances Turney grew up in Michigan and lived many years in Alaska. She writes from her heart about what she knows and has learned through travel and research. Her poems and stories have been published in anthologies and in national magazines for adults and children. This is her first book. She lives now in the wooded hills of southern Oregon with her canine buddies, Pip and Percy.view less