Eowyn Ivey's debut novel, THE SNOW CHILD, became an international bestseller. It was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize 2013, and Eowyn won the International Author of the Year category at the 2012 National Book Awards. Eowyn, a former bookseller and journalist, lives in Palmer, Alaska, with her husband and two daughters, whom they are raising in the same subsistence lifestyle Eowyn grew up in herself.