Joan Rawlins Husby

Joan Rawlins Husby writes fiction and nonfiction set in the Pacific Northwest. She grew up near the Stillaguamish River in Washington's north Cascade Mountains where she learned to love the natural world and the history of her surroundings.

She earned a teaching degree from Seattle Pacific University, and taught for more than 10 years. She and her husband raised their two children in the Alaskan Interior. After Bob died, she married Hank Husby and gained five more adult children.

Joan and Hank love their Warm Beach, Washington, community. Their busy life includes traveling, exploring, gardening, church and family. She likes history, geology, archeology, photography, and natural history.

Her first books were adventure-mystery novels for young adult readers, the Adventure Quest Series and the Megan Parnell Mysteries. Other works include a collection of essays entitled A Logger’s Daughter: Growing Up in Washington’s Woods; two historical novels, Heart's Gold, set against the backdrop of the true story of Monte Cristo, a mountain mining community in Washington, and its sequel, Better Than Gold; and Living Gold, the true life adventure story of Dave and Vera Penz in Alaska.