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= Heather Lende = Heather Vuillet Lende (born June 30, 1959) is an American author, essayist, columnist and politician. Lende has written four books that feature life in the town of Haines, Alaska. Lende has spent the past 25 years writing obituaries for the Chilkat Vally News. Lende was a contributing editor for Women's Day magazine and was a columnist for the Anchorage Daily News. Her work has appeared on NPR and in the Christian Science Monitor. She is a graduate of Middlebury College with an MFA from the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Writing
Published Works

If you Lived Here I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska, published by Algonquin Books, March 29, 2006, (ISBN 9781565125247)

Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs: A True Story of Bad Breaks and Small Miracles, published by Algonquin Books, April 19, 2011, (ISBN 9781616200510)

Find the Good: Unexpected Lessons from a Small Town Obituary Writer, published by Algonquin Books, April 28, 2015, (ISBN 9781616201678)

Of Bears and Ballots: An Alaskan Adventure in Small Town Politics, published by Algonquin Books, June 30, 2020, (ISBN 9781616208516)