ABOUT
KRIS FARMEN
Kris Farmen is a novelist, historian, and recovering journalist whose work has appeared in Alaska magazine, Eater, the Alaska Dispatch News, The Anchorage Press, and Russian Life, among others. He holds a BA in anthropology from the University of Alaska, an MA in archaeology from Flinders University in Australia, and made his living for 13 years as a professional archaeologist and historian before turning to writing. He lives in Alaska with his wife, daughter, and rescue dog.
BOOKS THAT MADE
HIM
WANT TO BE A WRITER
(AND STILL DO):
The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Once They Moved Like the Wind by David Roberts
Brown Dog by Jim Harrison
Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
Make Prayers to the Raven by Richard Nelson
The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
Death of a River Guide by Richard Flanagan
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
Shadows on the Koyukuk by Sidney Huntington and Jim Rearden
Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven