Janette Ross Riehle

Janette Ross Riehle was born in Anchorage, Alaska, as the oldest of four children. For the first six years of her life she and her family lived in a log cabin, forty miles from Anchorage by air and a two-day trip across Cook Inlet and up Alexander Creek by boat. She learned to read when she was five years old and has been an avid reader ever since. In addition, writing, in one form or another, has held a lifelong fascination for her. Having spent most of her childhood living in and exploring the outdoors, she still enjoys hiking, fishing, and (occasionally) hunting. She also puts in a large garden each summer, growing both vegetables and lots of flowers.

After graduating from Anchorage High School (now West High) in 1956, she went on to Lewi

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