• Tailored publicity campaign through Caitlin Hamilton Marketing and Publicity LLC, to include national and regional print, radio, and social media outreach • Targeted mailings/contact with extensive professional network and bloggers, including Nancy Pearl, Jenn’s Bookshelves, Linus’s Blanket • Planned book tour/regional appearances in Alaska, Pacific Northwest, California, and the greater New York, Boston, Washington DC, and St. Louis areas, plus other selected major US cities on She Writes Press book tour in summer 2016 • Proposed readings at Wheaton College, Norton, MA; Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK; Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Skagway, AK; Washington State Historical Museum, Tacoma, WA; Klondike Gold Rush Museum, Seattle, WA • Promotion to museums: Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC and New York; Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK; Klondike Gold Rush National Park, Skagway, AK; Washington State Historical Museum, Tacoma, WA; Klondike Gold Rush Museum, Seattle, WA • Niche marketing to personal literary circles: Hedgebrook; Ty Newydd (The National Writing Centre for Wales); Whidbey Island Writer’s Conference; Pacific Northwest Writer’s Association • Regional marketing to independent bookstores, including Elliott Bay Books, Seattle, WA; Powell’s, Portland, OR; Village Books, Bellingham, WA; Skaguay News and Books, Skagway, AK; Title Wave Books, Anchorage, AK; Parnassus Books, Ketchikan, AK; Rainy Retreat Books, Juneau, AK; Webster Groves Book Shop, St. Louis; Darvill’s, Orcas Island, WA and others • Promotion to personal academic circles: Wheaton College, Norton, MA; Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; City University, Seattle, Wash. • Promotion via social media: Facebook, LinkedIn • Promotion via author website: www.ashleyesweeney.com

2017 Nancy Pearl Book Award After the tragic death of her husband and son on a remote island in Washington’s San Juan Islands, Eliza Waite joins the throng of miners, fortune hunters, business owners, con men, and prostitutes traveling north to the Klondike in the spring of 1898. When Eliza arrives in Skagway, Alaska, she has less than fifty dollars to her name and not a friend in the world—but with some savvy, and with the help of some unsavory characters, Eliza opens a successful bakery on Skagway’s main street and befriends a madam at a neighboring bordello. Occupying this space—a place somewhere between traditional and nontraditional feminine roles—Eliza awakens emotionally and sexually. But when an unprincipled man from her past turns up in Skagway, Eliza is fearful that she will be unable to conceal her identity and move forward with her new life. Using Gold Rush history, diary entries, and authentic pioneer recipes, Eliza Waite transports readers to the sights sounds, smells, and tastes of a raucous and fleeting era of American history.