GERRI BRIGHTWELL
GERRI BRIGHTWELL is from southwest Britain. She has master’s degrees in creative writing from the University of East Anglia and the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and a doctorate in English from the University of Minnesota. She has worked in Greece, Israel, Spain, Thailand, and Canada, and now lives in Fairbanks, Alaska, with her husband, writer Ian C. Esslemont, and their three sons. Brightwell is the author of the novels Dead of Winter, The Dark Lantern, and Cold Country, as well as many short stories.
BEHIND THE BOOK
An interview with Gerri Brightwell about the making of her novel Turnback Ridge (COMING SOON!)
BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR
A Novel
In a near-future Alaska in which global warming and immigration policy are wreaking havoc on lives and land, Nash Preston is trying to hold his family together. As the Alaska summer heats up, he ignores his expired visa—and now immigration bounty hunters are after him as he flees for the border with his sons. Their already fraught journey takes an alarming turn when his youngest, Robbie, picks up a mysterious fossil that makes him sick. When his boys are snatched and taken to a sinister detention facility, Nash must find a way to save them.
“Brightwell addresses such timely issues as climate change, healthcare, and immigration. . . This heartfelt tale of fatherhood will resonate with many.”
—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY