Biography
Nancy Lord, a long-time resident of Homer, Alaska, holds a liberal arts degree from Hampshire College and an M.F.A. from Vermont College. In addition to being an independent writer, she fished commercially for many years and has, more recently, worked as a naturalist and historian on adventure cruise ships. She is the author of three short fiction collections (most recently The Man Who Swam with Beavers) and three books of literary nonfiction (most recently Beluga Days.) Her work also regularly appears in journals, magazines, and anthologies. She teaches part-time at the Kachemak Bay Branch of Kenai Peninsula College, University of Alaska Anchorage, and has also taught in the M.F.A. programs at the University of Alaska Anchorage and Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She has won numerous honors and fellowships, including grants from the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the Rasmuson Foundation, and a Pushcart Prize. She is an active conservationist and enjoys beach combing, berry picking, and bird and wildlife watching. Lord was appointed in 2008 as the Alaska Writer Laureate and will serve in that capacity until October 2010.
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