Kim Heacox
Kim Heacox is an American author, photographer, musician, and environmental activist living in Gustavus, Alaska, at the entrance to Glacier Bay National Park. He was born in Lewiston, Idaho and grew up in Spokane, Washington. Heacox is best known for two of his books, The Only Kayak, a memoir, and Jimmy Bluefeather, a novel, both winners of the National Outdoor Book Award, and for his opinion pieces in The Guardian that focus primarily on the climate crisis, global biodiversity loss, and threats to U.S. public lands. His most recent book, On Heaven’s Hill, is a literary novel author Kimi Eisele praised as “the kind of story the planet needs right now.”
Heacox first arrived in Alaska in 1979 as a park ranger in Glacier Bay National Monument. His memoir, The Only Kayak, describes that first summer in Alaska. Heacox has authored 17 books, including five published by National Geographic. His novel, Jimmy Bluefeather, was the first work of fiction in over 20 years to win the National Outdoor Book Award. He has written opinion-editorials for The Guardian, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Anchorage Daily News, and the Juneau Empire.
Heacox first arrived in Alaska in 1979 as a park ranger in Glacier Bay National Monument. His memoir, The Only Kayak, describes that first summer in Alaska. Heacox has authored 17 books, including five published by National Geographic. His novel, Jimmy Bluefeather, was the first work of fiction in over 20 years to win the National Outdoor Book Award. He has written opinion-editorials for The Guardian, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Anchorage Daily News, and the Juneau Empire.
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