Alaska historian/speaker Laurel Downing Bill wrote and published the entertaining five-book Aunt Phil’s Trunk Alaska history series, which won the 2016 Literary Classics International award for best nonfiction series worldwide. She also wrote and published Sourdough Cookery, which features 100 sourdough recipes and a starter that began in 1896 Hope, Alaska. She writes Alaska history stories for Alaska Magazine and Senior Voice, as well.
Laurel has won several awards from the Alaska Professional Communicators, achieved finalist status in the Eric Hoffer Excellence in Independent Publishing contest for her Alaska history series and was honored with awards from Best Books, Readers' Reviews and Shelf Unbound in 2016.