C.B. Bernard is the author of the novel Small Animals Caught in Traps (Blackstone, April 2023), the forthcoming novel Ordinary Bear (Blackstone 2024), and Chasing Alaska: A Portrait of the Last Frontier Then and Now, a finalist for the Oregon Book Award, a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Travel Pick, and a National Geographic top travel choice. He lives on the Rhode Island coast. Learn more at http://cbbernard.com