Patricia Watts's guest appearances

Patricia Watts

Faculty Development

Alaska Authors and Themes

John Muir

Tom Clancy

Neil Howe

Keenan Powell

John Haines

Eva Baker

John Morgan

Donna Freedman

Chris Floyd

David Vann

Bill Viola

Lee Goodman

David Brown

Dan O'Neill

Eowyn Ivey

OwlTail

Stan Jones

Alaskan mystery and suspense authors Stan Jones and Patricia Watts discuss their collaboration on The Big Empty, the forthcoming book in the Nathan Active series based in the fictional Inupiat Eskimo village of Chukchi. Their contrasting writing styles, editing views and life experiences in Alaska are also highlighted. Stan Jones is author of Tundra Kill; White Sky, Black Ice; Shaman Pass; Frozen Sun; Village of the Ghost Bears and--with Sharon Bushell--the nonfiction classic, The Spill: Personal Stories from the Exxon Valdez Disaster. Patricia Watts is author of the noir novels Watchdogs and The Frayer, both set in Fairbanks.

Alaskan mystery and suspense authors Stan Jones and Patricia Watts discuss their collaboration on The Big Empty, the forthcoming book in the Nathan Active series based in the fictional Inupiat Eskimo village of Chukchi. Their contrasting writing styles, editing views and life experiences in Alaska are also highlighted. Stan Jones is author of Tundra Kill; White Sky, Black Ice; Shaman Pass; Frozen Sun; Village of the Ghost Bears and--with Sharon Bushell--the nonfiction classic, The Spill: Personal Stories from the Exxon Valdez Disaster. Patricia Watts is author of the noir novels Watchdogs and The Frayer, both set in Fairbanks.

Mystery and Suspense Authors Stan Jones and  Patricia Watts present The Pitfalls and Triumphs of Co-Writing a Book

Author Patricia Watts debuts her new noir suspense novel, The Frayer.Quite intriguing and bizarre, The Frayer’s protagonist is a living building in Fairbanks named Big Blue that is plunged into a duel to the death with the Frayer who seduces Big Blue's tenants and threatens the existence of Big Blue itself. At this event, the challenges creating an inanimate object as the protagonist in a story, how the offbeat character of Fairbanks is woven into The Frayer, and how one’s own experience is mirrored in the story are themes addressed.Patricia Watts has lived in Alaska for more than two decades, raising her children and working as a journalist and a human-rights investigator. She is also the author of Watchdogs, also set in Fairbanks.

Author Patricia Watts debuts her new noir suspense novel, The Frayer. Quite intriguing and bizarre, The Frayer’s protagonist is a living building in Fairbanks named Big Blue that is plunged into a duel to the death with the Frayer who seduces Big Blue's tenants and threatens the existence of Big Blue itself. At this event, the challenges creating an inanimate object as the protagonist in a story, how the offbeat character of Fairbanks is woven into The Frayer, and how one’s own experience is mirrored in the story are themes addressed. Patricia Watts has lived in Alaska for more than two decades, raising her children and working as a journalist and a human-rights investigator. She is also the author of Watchdogs, also set in Fairbanks.

Author Patricia Watts debuts her new noir suspense novel, The Frayer   

Convocation 2010: Patricia Watts