Yukic, Eleanor Clarke

Yukic is a native of California. Her youth was spent at the beach or in the mountains where she developed an early love of the out-of-doors. She worked 25 summers at camp, 10 counseling and 15 directing, and has hiked wilderness trails in the US and Canada; the Milford and Abel Tasmin tracks, New Zealand; Lake County in Great Britain; the Pyrenees of France. She has BA and MA degrees from UCLA and worked as a teacher and with youth organizations for 38 years. She's been active with the American Camping Association, Red Cross and teachers' groups. Since retiring she writes fulltime.