Vivian Faith Prescott

Vivian Faith Prescott was born and raised on the small island of Wrangell, Kaachxana.áak’w, in Southeast Alaska on the land of the Shtax’heen Kwáan where she still lives and writes at her family’s fishcamp. She’s a member of the Pacific Sámi Searvi and a founding member of the first LGBTQIA group on the island. She’s the author of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction including a foodoir My Father’s Smokehouse (Turner Publishing) about harvesting foods from the land and sea. Vivian currently mentors two Alaskan writers’ groups: Blue Canoe Writers and the Drumlin Poets.