Cinthia Ritchie

I'm an award-winning Alaska writer and former journalist. My first novel, "Dolls Behaving Badly," releases Feb. 5 from Hachette Book Group.

I've won a slew of awards, including a Pushcart Prize nomination, Rasmuson Foundation grants, Hedgebrook and Kimmel Harding Nelson residencies plus Memoir, Sport Literate and Brenda Ueland Prose awards in creative nonfiction.

I've been published in New York Times Magazine, Water-Stone Review, Under the Sun, Memoir, Sport Literate, Boiler Journal, and over 35 other journals and magazines.

When not writing, I run mountains and train for marathons.