“Each summer, the same individuals appear off the coast of British Columbia and Washington. Despite decades of research, where these animals go for the rest of the year is unknown.” —Conservation Plan for Southern Resident Killer Whales (Orcinus Orca) / National Marine Fisheries Service A short story from the anthology Ocean Stories, released on World Oceans Day, about ocean life in the future. (Full release: https://go.xprize.org/oceanstories/#m...)
Author
Catherynne M. Valente was born on Cinco de Mayo, 1979 in Seattle, WA, but grew up in in the wheatgrass paradise of Northern California. She graduated from high school at age 15, going on to UC San Diego and Edinburgh University, receiving her B.A. in Classics with an emphasis in Ancient Greek Linguistics. She then drifted away from her M.A. program and into a long residence in the concrete and camphor wilds of Japan. She currently lives in Maine with her partner, two dogs, and three cats, having drifted back to America and the mythic frontier of the Midwest.
