Inside Passage Walking Tours: Exploring Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Sitka
A native of Seattle, author Julianne Chase Patton grew up  in the Great Land, where she lived in nearly every region of  the state, spending the longest time in Southeast Alaska,  her favorite region. A graduate of the University of Alaska,  Fairbanks, she worked as a newspaper reporter and editor  for more than 14 years. In addition to being the author of  "Inside Passage Walking Tours," she wrote and edited two  other travel guides, the first edition of the "Alaska Wilderness  Milepost" and "Backcountry Alaska," a travel book in the Alaska  Geographic series. Juli visited Alaska regularly while working  for one of the world’s largest cruise lines. She and her husband  Kevin live in the Puget Sound region of Washington State.