Amy O’Neill Houck

Amy O’Neill Houck co-publisher and co-editor of Edible Alaska. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of Alaska, Anchorage. She’s contributed articles to The Cordova Times, The Juneau Empire,and The Capital City Weekly, and she’s the former nutrition editor of Vegetarian Baby and Child magazine (acquired by Veg News). Amy has led wild food walks and cooking workshops for the Juneau branch of the UAF Cooperative Extension.

Amy is a teaching artist listed on the Alaska State Teaching Artist Roster (STAR) with the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council teaching artist roster. She teaches fiber arts, creative writing, wild food culinary arts, and ukulele. You can read more about her teaching artist work.

Amy has published three books and contributed many articles in her work as a crochet and knitwear designer. Her knitting and crochet web site is The Hook and I. She is the former commissioning editor of Inside Crochet magazine. She’s worked as a technical editor for Interweave Crochet, and she has over 100 published designs. 

Amy is the host of Eat. Drink. Think., a podcast from Edible Communities. She lives in Cordova, Alaska. You can find her on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.