Polly Crawford has been a reporter, magazine editor, and free-lance writer all her adult life. For the past 21 years she was also a 7th and 8th grade language arts teacher, retiring in 2011. Her first book was "Who Killed Alaska," which detailed the illegal dumping of drilling muds and other toxic wastes into the aquifers of Alaska. She has also written a children's book, Sissie Sea Otter, and is working on the illustrations. Her first Kindle published book is Sinking Into Darkness, which is a Christian suspense book for teenagers. She has written Yukon Deception, which is based on a a relationship in which the Bible is used as a weapon. She has also co-written Angels of the Flesh, the memoirs of an Alaskan pastor.
Polly loves horseback riding, travel, and scuba diving. She has traveled around the world, and tries to take the path less traveled. She has lived in Alaska for more than 30 years.