Bill Sherwonit is a longtime friend of Auuf. He is a long-time wildland/wildlife advocate and freelance nature writer who has contributed essays and articles to a wide variety of newspapers, magazines, journals, and anthologies across the country. He has authored more than a dozen books on Alaska sports, wildlife and parks. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1950, Bill graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Geology from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, in 1971.  He went on to earn a master’s degree in Geology from the University of Arizona, Tucson, in 1974.  From 1978-1979, he studied journalism at Pierce College in California. In 1982, Bill headed to Alaska and soon became a columnist for the Anchorage Times and later the Anchorage Daily News.  He has been a freelance nature writer since 1992. In 2009, Bill became a contributor to the blogsite The Nature of Cities. Since 1993, Bill has also taught creative non-fiction writing classes, first at the University of Alaska Anchorage and now on his own, with primary emphasis on nature and travel writing