Libby B Bushell is an Alaskan author, bear guide, and the founder of HoWL, a wilderness expedition camp for kids based out of Homer, Alaska. She works seasonally for Emerald Air Service, leading bear-viewing day trips to Katmai National Park in the North American summer and she writes the Bear Blog year-round.
Libby’s essay, “Homage to a Halibut Eye” was the first-place winner of The Moth Nature Writing Prize in 2023, published in the Irish Times on December 28, 2023.
Libby B earned a Bachelor’s degree in creative writing at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. She studied abroad in Wanaka, New Zealand and Avignon, France, where sprung her infatuation with steep, snowy slopes and her romance with language.
Libby is currently writing her second novel about Alaskan locals and bears while her first novel, Salty, a work of literary fiction about wild women and glaciers, is out for query.
-September, 2024