We are beyond thrilled and thankful for the overwhelming acceptance of our author meet and greet and book fair event Friday, March 4 from 11:00 – 11:50 in the Redington Room at the Lakefront Hotel in Anchorage. We couldn’t ask for a more iconic line up of Iditarod authors and are hoping a few more will be added soon.

Meet these authors and share with them your love for their works as well as get their autographs on your treasured copies.  You may purchase books ahead of time; some books will be available at the event, but if you have a favorite title you’d like to get autographed, you may wish to bring it or purchase it before Friday. Some authors are offering educators discounts to conference attendees.

Our recommended reading list is Iditarod and mushing focused, but each of these authors has an impressive list of titles of their own, great books for information about Alaska, memoirs, and history for children and adults.

Pam Flowers

Titles on the EDU Recommended Reading Lists:  Big-Enough Anna: The Little Sled Dog Who Braved the Arctic, Douggie: The Playful Pup Who Became a Sled Dog Hero written by Pam Flowers and illustrated by Jon Van Zyle, Togo and Leonhard

Helen Hegener

Titles on the EDU Recommended Reading Lists: Fifty Years of Iditarod Adventures with Lew Freedman cover art by Jon Van Zyle, Alaskan Sled Dog Tales, All Alaska Sweepstakes: History of the Great Sled Dog Race 1908-2008, Along Alaskan Trails:  Adventures in Sled Dog History

Jeff and Joan Schultz

Titles on the EDU Recommended Reading Lists: Dogs of the Iditarod by Jeff Schultz, Iditarod Glory essay:  Brian Patrick O-Donoghue Photos: Jeff Schultz, Iditarod: The First Ten Years, Iditarod: The Great Race to Nome by Bill Sherownit photographs by Jeff Schultz, Iditarod Silver with Lew Freedman, Chasing Dogs: My Adventures as the Official Photographer of Alaska’s Iditarod, Double Vision

Jon and Jona Van Zyle

Titles on the EDU Recommended Reading Lists: Douggie: The Playful Pup Who Became a Sled Dog Hero by Pam Flowers illustrated by Jon Van Zyle, The Great Serum Race: Blazing the Iditarod Trail written by Debbie Miller and illustrated by Jon Van Zyle, Jon Van Zyle’s Iditarod Memories: 40th Anniversary Edition of Official Race Art, Iditarod: The First Ten Years, Jon Van Zyle’s Iditarod Memories: 25 Years of Poster Art, Jon Van Zyle’s Iditarod Memories: 30 Years of Poster Art, Double Vision, Fifty Years of Iditarod Adventures with Helen Hegener and Lew Freedman

All attendees must show proof of vaccination.  Email jane.holmes@iditarod.com for more information.