Mary Odden

Mary Odden has worked in rural Alaska places as a wildfire and aviation dispatcher, counselor, teacher, and small newspaper owner. She earned an MFA in creative writing from UAF. Her work has appeared in the Georgia Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Alaska Magazine, and Cirque. Odden’s book of memoir/essays, Mostly Water: Reflections Rural and North, was published in June 2020 by Boreal Books/Red Hen Press. She enjoys working on memoir and fiction projects that incorporate environmental and historical voices, stories, and foodways.