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Deb Vanasse
Deb Vanasse (born September 12, 1957) is an American writer of more than a dozen books, many of which are set in Alaska. Her children's books include six picture books and two young adult novels. She and young-adult novelist Gail Giles are the co-authors of ''No Returns'', Book One in a planned series, the Battleband Saga. Her books for adults include ''Cold Spell'' and a forthcoming biography of the Klondike gold rush figure Kate Carmack. She has also authored three travel guides on Alaska, one under a pseudonym, and she has edited a collection of historic photographs.
== Life and career ==
Vanasse was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her maiden name is Debra Lynn Lehmann; her brother is the writer Chris Lehmann. She lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Galesburg, Illinois; and Madison, Wisconsin before moving to Iowa, where she graduated from Davenport West High School. She attended Washington University in St. Louis and graduated with a Bachelor in Science from Bemidji State University in Minnesota and a Masters in the Humanities from California State University Dominguez Hills.
Vanasse's debut novel for young adults, ''A Distant Enemy'', was a Junior Literary Guild selection and is featured in Best Books for Young Teen Readers, Grades 7 to 10, as was her second novel ''Out of the Wilderness''. Her picture book titles include ''Under Alaska's Midnight Sun'' (illustrated by Jeremiah Tramell); ''Alaska Animal Babies'' (photographs by Gavriel Jecan); ''(Totem Tale )'' (illustrated by Erik Brooks); and ''Amazing Alaska'' (illustrated by Karen E. Lewis). Set in a Yup'ik village, there is also a Yup'ik language edition of ''Lucy's Dance'', illustrated by Nancy Slagle.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=University of Alaska Press )〕 ''Black Wolf of the Glacier'', also illustrated by Nancy Slagle, is based on the true story of Romeo, a well-known wolf that lived near Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. ''No Returns'', Book One of the Battleband Saga, is Vanasse’s first co-authored novel with Gail Giles. ''Cold Spell'', her first work of literary fiction for adults, is part of the University of Alaska Press Alaska Literary Series.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/series/UAP-ALS.html )〕
Vanasse and another writer, Andromeda Romano-Lax, founded the (49 Alaska Writing Center ).〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=49 Alaska Writing Center )〕 She lives on Hiland Mountain in Eagle River, Alaska, with her husband and dog.
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