Gerri Brightwell is a British writer living in Alaska with her husband and sons. She has two published novels: Cold Country (Duckworth, 2003) and The Dark Lantern (Crown, 2008). Her writing has also appeared (or is forthcoming) in The Guardian (UK), BBC Radio 4, Redivider, Camera Obscura, Camas, Word Riot, Bound-Off, Bartleby Snopes, BLIP, the Dirty Napkin and The Long Story. She teaches in the M.F.A. programme at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

The Dark Lantern (Crown Publishers, 2008)

Bartleby Snopes, Bound Off, Camera Obscura Journal, Redivider, Santa Clara Review, The Brooklyn Review, The Dirty Napkin, The Long Story, Word Riot