Don Rearden is the author of the award winning novel, The Raven's Gift. Published by Penguin US (Pintail), Penguin Canada, Text Publishing Australia, and Fleuve Noir, France.Pulitzer Prize finalist, Eowyn Ivey called The Raven's Gift, "fantastic, one of the best books about Alaska I have ever read. It calls to mind Cormac McCarthy and Stephen King, but at the same time it is all its own. It is a survival story and an edge-of-the-seat thriller."Don Rearden grew up on the tundra of Southwestern Alaska. His experiences with the Yup'ik culture shaped both his writing and to a larger extent his worldview. While he is a produced screenwriter and published poet, his heart often draws his writing back to characters and stories that originate on the tundra. In his fiction he hopes to shed light on the struggles of everyday life in rural Alaska, a place outsiders often view as a mystical and mysterious land.Rearden lives in the mountain community of Bear Valley, Alaska, and teaches English at the University of Alaska Anchorage where he shows young writers how to develop their creative voices. Much of his writing and thought is influenced from learning experiences in the Alaskan wilderness, as well as from the teachings and writings of his mentor and friend, Daniel Quinn, author of Ishmael and The Story of B.Read the first chapter online at www.donrearden.com