ALICIA UNDERLEE NELSON MARIE LASKA

Alicia Underlee Nelson is the creator of prairiestylefile. com, a website that showcases what’s beautiful and what’s next in North Dakota and beyond. She frequently travels across the region to cover the arts, culture, shopping, events and fashion of the Upper Midwest.

She is a local correspondent for Reuters and her work has been published in numerous magazines and newspapers in the region. She is also a featured writer for several online publications and a well-traveled public speaker.

Alicia is a graduate of Minnesota State University Moorhead. She loves traveling, reading, experimenting in the kitchen and shopping at estate sales. Alicia lives in West Fargo with her husband and their extremely busy toddler.

This issue, Jill wrote our cover story!

Jill Kandel

BKandel's book, So Many Africas: Six Years in a Zambian Village won the 2014 Autumn House Nonfiction Prize. Her essays have been published in many literary journals including The Missouri Review, Gettysburg Review, Brevity, River Teeth, Pinch, and Image. You can view a two minute book trailer, see photos, and learn more about So Many Africas on Kandel's website www.jillkandel.com where she also blogs about writing, publication, and the life of a writer.

Marie Laska has lived in North Dakota for the past five years after migrating south from Canada. Her passions include traveling, trying / cooking different cuisines, enjoying the trails and outdoor activities in and around North Dakota and meeting new people. She lives by the creed that everyone has a story to tell, and writing for Area Woman allows her to share some of those stories.

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