Doug Capra

Doug Capra writes from Seward, Alaska. He’s the author of The Last Homesteaders: Resiliance and Risk at the Edge of Alaska, and The Spaces Between: Stories from the Kenai Mountains to the Kenai Fjords. He has also written the Forewords for two illustrated books by American artist Rockwell Kent, Wilderness: A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska, and Northern Christmas published by Wesleyan University Press, as well as many historical articles, essays, poetry; and a few plays. For six years he was a board member of the Alaska Historical Society. In 2023 they presented him with the Evangeline Atwood Award for his work. After a career teaching high school and college, he worked for many years as a ranger at Kenai Fjords National Park. He continues to work as a trainer, and as a naturalist and lecturer aboard cruise ships plying the Alaska coast. He has a Bachelors and a Master of Arts in Writing from Northeastern University in Boston.