Melissa L. Cook
Melissa L. Cook is the author of the award-winning "The Call of the Last Frontier." She continues to write stories about her remote Alaska life on the blog "Alaska Bush Life" and her multiple sclerosis story on www.MSsymptoms.me with links found on her author page.
Melissa grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and Tucson, Arizona, before moving to Burlington, Wyoming, where she married Elgin Cook. Together they raised three boys in bush Alaska while working as teachers and school district administrators. Melissa completed her undergraduate work (1993) and teaching degree (1994) at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota. She earned master's degrees in educational technology (2002) and school administration (2007) from the University
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