Jessica Simon has called the Yukon home for over twenty years. Currently a literary arts columnist for What’s Up Yukon, Simon has contributed articles to San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Outdoor Edge, Yukon News, and Yukon, North of Ordinary. Before devoting her life to the written word, she worked as a typesetter, first-aid instructor, and guide for a wilderness tourism company for German-speaking visitors to the Yukon, which she co-founded with her husband. She lives near Whitehorse.