Monica Devine

Monica Devine is the author of the memoir, Water Mask, a collection of 15 essays about creating a life in the far north. She has published five children's books: The Iditarod: Greatest Win Ever (nominated for the celebrated Golden Kite Award), Mountain Climbing, Carry Me Mama, Hanna Bear's Christmas, and Kayak Girl. Monica won First Place in Creative Non-fiction (receiving the Dorothy Churchill Cappon Award) with the literary journal, New Letters for her piece titled On The Edge of Ice, about her experience with a whaling crew on the Chuckchi Sea. For 25 years she worked as a speech-language pathologist, traveling to Indian and Eskimo villages throughout Alaska. You can view her poetry, stories and photographs on her website Image/Sculpture/Verse at monicadevine.com.