The family in Mary's Wild Winter Feast reflects Hannah Lindoff's own family. Hannah is a life-long Alaskan and her husband is Alaska Native, both Tlingit and Haida. Hannah is adopted into a Tlingit Raven clan. Together, Hannah, her husband, and their three children carry on many harvesting adventures; their favorites bring them closer to the land and sea. They live in Juneau, AK and have a small oyster farm outside of Hoonah, AK.