Kaylene Johnson

Kaylene Johnson-Sullivan lives and writes on a small horse farm in Palmer, Alaska where she lives with her husband, horses, and dogs. She has found adventure on Denali, the Talkeetna Mountains and as a wrangler and cook in the Brooks Range. Her award-winning articles have appeared in Alaska magazine, the Los Angeles Times, the Louisville Review and other publications. Her books include: Our Perfect Wild: Ray & Barbara Bane's Journeys and the Fate of the Far North; Canyons and Ice: The Wilderness Travels of Dick Griffith; A Tender Distance: Adventures Raising My Sons in Alaska; Portrait of the Alaska Railroad; and Trails Across Time: History of An Alaska Mountain Corridor. She holds a BA from Vermont College and an MFA in Writing from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky.