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Ann Gimpel is a USA Today bestselling author. She’s also a mountaineer and vagabond at heart. She’s stood on top of some really gnarly peaks, and discovered that Zen mindfulness comes in very useful when the only other option is screaming your lungs out or curling into a fetal position because you’re too scared to do anything else.<\/p>\n

She loves to travel. 2014 was the “Antarctica Year.” So far 2015 has been mostly writing, but that’s about to change. After two trips to the southern pole, she’s headed for the Canadian Arctic and the Northwest Passage. If she gets really, really lucky, she’ll come back with photographs of a Narwhal.<\/p>\n

Arctic Update!! No narwhals, but\u00a0Ann posted polar bear photos on\u00a0her FB wall. Love to have you check them out.<\/p>\n

A lifelong aficionado of the unusual, Ann began writing speculative fiction a few years back. Since then her short fiction has appeared in a number of webzines, magazines, and anthologies. Her longer paranormal romance and urban fantasy books are available in\u00a0e-format, print, and audio. In 2014,\u00a0after two dozen books with publishers, she\u00a0made the leap into self-publishing. She’s loving the freedom and it’s possible she’ll never look back.<\/p>\n

If you think you might enjoy\u00a0Ann’s books–or already do–get in line for special offers and pre-release special reads. Click on the Newsletter Signup tab. It’s located at the top of every page.<\/p>\n

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I’m basically a mountaineer at heart. I remember many hours at my desk where my body may have been stuck inside four walls, but my soul was planning yet one more trip to the backcountry.\u00a0There’s a timeless element to the mountains. They feel like old friends as I visit them, and visit them again. There’s nothing like standing on a remote pass where I’ve been before and seeing that the vista is unchanged. Or on an\u00a0equally\u00a0remote peak. Mountains are the bones of the world. They’ll prevail long after all of us are dust. It feels honest and humbling to share space with them. I hope I’m blessed with many more years to wander the local landscape. The memories are incomparable. They warm me and help me believe there will be something left\u00a0to leave our children and children’s children.<\/span><\/p>\n

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