Kerri Hakoda has worked in and out of Alaska in advertising and marketing, marine transportation, cable television and trade magazine ad sales. She was born and raised in Hawaii, but now calls northwest Washington her home, where she lives with her husband (himself a veteran of the Alaska fishing industry) and writes mystery, historical, and young adult science fiction.
Hakoda's new novel is Too Deep to Cross: A Thriller.
Recently I asked the author about what she was reading. Her reply
I recently finished reading An Immense World by Ed Yong, as part of my resolution to read more non-fiction. Informative and fascinating, dense but soVisit Kerri Hakoda's website.fluidly written and easy to read. Ditto The Library Book by Susan Orlean. I just cracked open The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson – I very much admire his brand of narrative non-fiction. I loved The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry and think she might be the new John le CarrĂ©. Midnight in Soap Lake by Matthew Sullivan was a wonderful, quirky read that I enjoyed immensely. Circe by Madeline Miller and Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon – excellent, immaculately researched historical novels. George Takei’s graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy was moving, accessible, and necessary.
--Marshal Zeringue
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