Christine Byl
Christine Byl is the author of Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods, a book about trail crews, tools, wildness, and labor; it was shortlisted for the 2014 Willa Award in nonfiction. Lookout is her first novel, which was shortlisted for the Center for Fiction's 2023 First Novel Award and received a Montana Book Award Honor. Christine has worked as a professional trail-builder for three decades. She lives with her family in Interior Alaska on the homelands of the Dene people.
