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Books from the north: well-written fiction by Alaskan authors, published by an Alaskan press.

Neil Davis
Author of Battling Against Success and Caught in the Sluice

Long-time Alaskan Neil Davis is known for his scientific career as a geophysicist with NASA and the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. His nonfiction writings include not just the eighty-some technical papers he has written or coauthored but also more popularly accessible books on matters scientific and historic, the first of which began in 1976 as a regular newspaper column illuminating aspects of science for the general public. Collected, Dr. Davis's columns became Alaska Science Nuggets. Other titles include Energy/Alaska, The Aurora Watcher's Handbook, and The College Hill Chronicles, a history of the University of Alaska in its early days, all published by the University of Alaska Press. Now Davis writes fiction as well, drawing on his experiences growing up in Alaska, including his family-based interest in gold mining and appreciation for the role miners have played in Alaska. His fictional works to date are Battling Against Success and Caught in the Sluice.

Davis and his wife, the potter Rosemarie Davis, built their own log home near Fairbanks, and now divide the year between Fairbanks and a winter home in Friday Harbor, Washington. Their three children all live full-time in Alaska with their families.

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