Cindy Dyson is nothing like any character in her book. She wouldn’t even hang with people who were anything like characters in her book. While she is blonde and did grow up in Alaska, any resemblances to her characters are just rumors started by questionable friends. Okay, she did have a few wayward years, and she did sling drinks at the notorious Elbow Room. But not for very long, and she’s never eaten mummy flesh, although she has tried muktuk (whale blubber) as well as lusta (fermented seal flipper).
In fact, Cindy is a respectable member of her of community near Glacier National Park, MT. She has a journalism degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and was a reporter for a few years. She wrote scads of magazine articles and several nonfiction kids’ books. Mostly she’s a mom, a foster parent and an elitist homeschooler, who does exciting things like drag her kids to library story hour and teach toddler karate classes.
For do-gooder readers
Looking for ways to bring books to the book-poor? These are organizations I love and believe in. Please check them out.
Book Club Works -- gives book clubs a place to find and adopt organizations that need books
Camel Bookmobile -- donate books to an African organization that actually brings books to kids in remote villages on camels.
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