Katie Bausler is a writer and podcaster. Published written work includes columns, poems and essays in publications including the Alaska Beacon, Alaska Dispatch, Edible Alaska, Wildheart, Stoneboat, Tidal Echoes, Cape, Cirque, and Insider. She also hosts and produces the 49 Writers "Active Voice"
podcast with writers and artists on these pivotal times, writes a
newsletter focused on alpine skiing, and is a volunteer public radio DJ and host. She previously worked as a public media host, reporter and producer. She is working on a collection of essays and poems, working title: "Live Like You’re Dying." Katie and her husband Karl live near their children and grandchildren on Douglas Island along a saltwater alpine fjord in Juneau, Alaska’s capital.