April Christofferson | |
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Education | University of Utah (BS) Gonzaga University (JD) |
Occupation(s) | Author, former attorney |
April Christofferson is an American novelist of environmental and political thrillers, including Trapped, Alpha Female and Buffalo Medicine. [1]
Christofferson grew up in Chicago, [2] and frequently spent summers around Yellowstone National Park as a child. She continued this tradition with her own children. [3] Several of her thrillers are set in Yellowstone. [4]
After earning her Bachelor of Science from the University of Utah, Christofferson studied veterinary medicine before attending the Gonzaga University School of Law. [2] She received her Juris Doctor from Gonzaga in 1983. [5] Before writing full-time, she worked as an attorney in the biotechnology industry, an experience that has informed her fiction. [6]
In addition to writing novels, Christofferson has contributed articles to the Yellowstone Discovery, a quarterly published by the Yellowstone Association. [7]
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