Dana Stabenow

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Dana Stabenow (born March 27, 1952) is an American author who has produced science fiction, mystery and most recently a novel based on modern piracy and international terrorism.

Many of Stabenow's books are set in her home state of Alaska, where she was raised by her single mother who lived and worked on a fish tender in the Gulf of Alaska. Stabenow received a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Alaska in 1973 and, after deciding to try her hand as an author, later enrolled in UAA's MFA program. Her first novel, Second Star was bought by Ace Science Fiction in 1990. It was followed by two other science fiction books. Her first Shugak book, A Cold Day for Murder, won the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original in 1993.

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[edit] Publications

[edit] Star Svensdotter

Second Star (1991)

Star Svensdotter builds a habitat at L5, in orbit between the gravitational pulls of the earth, the moon and the sun.

A Handful of Stars (1992)

Star Svensdotter leads a mining expedition to the asteroid belt.

Red Planet Run (1995)

Star Svensdotter and her two children, Paddy and Sean, travel around Mars in a balloon.

[edit] Kate Shugak

A Cold Day for Murder (1992)

The first in the Kate Shugak series. Kate is a Heinz 57 Aleut, living in a generic national Park in Alaska based loosely on the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. A park ranger is missing, and pretty soon so is the investigator the Anchorage police sent in to look for him. Kate, ex-investigator for the Anchorage district attorney, is hired to find both. We are introduced to Jack Morgan and first learn about Kate's history which is also Jack's history. We also meet Mutt. This is a great book!

A Fatal Thaw (1992)

The second in the Kate Shugak series. A Fatal Thaw continues Kate’s adventures in the Park. It is the first day of spring and a killer is loose in the neighborhood. The killer claims eight victims but nine bodies were found lying in the snow. Kate with her constant companion, Mutt is going to get down to the bottom of this mystery to find out the who and why.

Jack Morgan, Jim Chopin, Bobby Clark, Dan O’Brian, Ekatrina Shugak and Bernie Koslowski are a few of the regular cast of characters who show up to help Kate solve the mystery.

Dead in the Water (1993)
A Cold-blooded Business (1994)
Play With Fire (1995)
Blood Will Tell (1996)
Breakup (1997)

Kate Shugak and Mutt face the stresses of late spring with verve. Machinery is spotlighted as jet engine descends to ground and a Catepillar is used in the final scene. Breakup becomes a montra throughout the book. You can hear the disgust, dismay, flat growling humor when Kate mutters the word. We learn that breakup is a "season" in Alaska but it is also an attitude. More Kate, Jack, Mutt. For something light...this is the best of the series.

Killing Grounds (1998)
Hunter's Moon (1999)

Hunter's Moon stands as the hardest book in the series to read...for obvious reasons. Kate and Jack take on a job to escort a group of business men and woman into the park trophy hunting. All hell breaks loose and when it's all said and done Jack is dead. Dead. The ending of the book is the best scene Dana has ever written. Read it and feel the cold chill run up your spine.

Midnight Come Again (2000)

Jack's dead. Mutt is okay. Kate is missing and it's up to Jim Chopin to find her. He does. Kate's hanging on to life without Jack and wondering why she is. This is the second hardest book in the series to read.

The Singing of the Dead (2001)
A Fine and Bitter Snow (2002)
A Grave Denied (2003)
A Taint in the Blood (2004)
A Deeper Sleep

You think, while reading this one, wow, I've got my hands on a great book. Then. You get to the ending and you are laughing and saying WOW! But to get to the wow ending you had to read each and every very enjoyable page.

[edit] Liam Campbell

Fire And Ice (1998)
So Sure of Death (1999)
Nothing Gold Can Stay (2000)
Better to Rest (2002)

[edit] Novels

Blindfold Game (2006)
Prepared for Rage (forthcoming, January 2008)

[edit] Anthologies, as editor

The Mysterious North (2002)

including a short story by Dana Stabenow, "Cheechako," set at the Chilkoot Pass during the Klondike Gold Rush.

Alaska Women Write (2003)

including an essay by Dana Stabenow, "The Gift," about her childhood on board a fish tender in the Gulf of Alaska.

Wild Crimes (2004)

including a Kate Shugak short story by Dana Stabenow, "Wreck Rights"

Powers of Detection (2004)

including a Mnemosynea short story by Dana Stabenow, "Justice is a Two-edged Sword"

At the Scene of the Crime (2008)

including a Liam Campbell short story by Dana Stabenow, "On the Evidence"

Powers of Detection II (forthcoming, 2008)

including a Mnemosynea short story by Dana Stabenow, "A Woman's Work"

[edit] Essays

"A Son of Martha" in Our Alaska (2001)
"The Gift" in Alaska Women Write (2003)

[edit] Short stories

"Nooses Give," a Kate Shugak story in The Mysterious West (1994)
"No Place Like Home" in Star Colonies (2000)
"Missing, Presumed...," a Bill and Moses story in And the Dying is Easy (2001)
"Cheechako" in The Mysterious North (2002)
"Wreck Rights," a Kate Shugak story in Wild Crimes (2004)
"Justice is a Two-edged Sword," a Mnemosynea story in Powers of Detection (2004)
"A Woman's Work," a Mnemosynea story in Powers of Detection II (forthcoming)
"On the Evidence," a Liam Campbell story in At the Scene of the Crime (forthcoming, 2008)