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{{cite journal}}: External link in|journal= - ↑ "Mystery! Alaska Style". Talk of Alaska . 2007-09-18.
{{cite episode}}: External link in|series= - 1 2 Haugland, Shannon (31 January 2014). "SE Characters Abound in New Straley Novel". Sitka Sentinel. Sitka, Alaska. Retrieved 2 February 2014.(subscription required)
- ↑ Woolsey, Robert (13 September 2015). "Alaska's top crime novelist hangs up his real-life gumshoes". Raven Radio. Sitka, Alaska. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ↑ Alaska State Writer Laureate list Archived 2006-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
