Beth Ann Mathews is a marine mammal biologist and author of Deep Waters: A Memoir of Loss, Alaska Adventure, and Love Rekindled. (She Writes Press). Her second book, Between Two Lights: A Memoir of Divided Love and Adventures at Sea will be pubished on Jan 19, 2027 (SWP). Beth earned her master’s degree in marine biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. As an associate professor at the University of Alaska Southeast, she taught courses in biology and marine mammalogy and led research on harbor seals, Steller sea lions, and harbor porpoises. Beth has also studied humpback, gray, and sperm whales. She’s taught undergraduate field research on whales and seals from tall ships off Massachusetts and field camps in Hawaii and Alaska. Her debut memoir won the Next Generation Indie Book Award for Memoirs: Personal Story / Health Issues and was short-listed for the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize. Mathews has published short stories and scientific papers. Beth enjoys visiting her grown son, writing, hiking, pedal-boarding, wildlife photography, and sailing with her husband in the Pacific Northwest, where they live on an island near Seattle. You can reach Beth at elizabethannmathews.com.