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Answering Alaska’s Call, Linda Fritz’s memoir-biography of Alaska’s pioneering surgeon, bush pilot, and legislator, Milo ‘Doc’ Fritz, was published by Epicenter Press on August 8, 2023.

E-book and paperback editions can be ordered from

Amazon.com, Bookshop.org, BaRnes & Noble, Target, and other booksellers

Notable Book Reviews

American Academy of Ophthalmology —

Published August 15, 2024 in Perspective, AAO quarterly newsletter - “What We’re Reading This Summer 2024” by Robert L Stamper, MD, book review editor. Read review:

AOPA Pilot Magazine—

Published a review of Answering Alaska’s Call by Linda Fritz in its November 2025 issue. In her review, Julie Summers Walker, Director of Publications at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, describes the book as “a compelling portrayal of a heroic life, an enduring marriage, and Alaska.”

The November issue features Alaska on the cover and several aviation stories from the Last Frontier, including “Wings of the Iditarod,” which delves into the role of general aviation in supporting Alaska’s iconic sled dog race.

Former Alaska Writer Laureate —

Published October 1, 2023 in the Anchorage Daily News: “A Niece’s Portrait of Her Remarkable Uncle Provides an Up-close Look at the Man and His Times” by Nancy Lord, Homer-based writer and former Alaska writer laureate. Her books include Fishcamp, Beluga Days, Early Warming, and pH: A Novel. Read review:

Upcoming Events - 2025

Alaska May Book Tour

Friday, May 9 - Barnes & Noble Anchorage | 1:00–3:00 PM – Book Signing

Tuesday, May 13 - Homer Public Library | 6:00–7:00 PM — Author talk & book signing

Thursday, May 15 - Anchorage Museum | 7:00–8:30 PM AKDT / 11:00 PM–12:30 AM EDT
Cook Inlet Historical Society lecture series (Streamed live and recorded) Free event at the Anchorage Museum Auditorium:
“Pioneering Medicine in the Last Frontier — The Story of Doc Fritz”
Presentation & book signing (Join online via Crowdcast or view the recording. More info: https://www.cookinlethistoricalsociety.org/lecture-series.)

Friday, May 16 - Title Wave Books, Anchorage | Noon–3:00 PM — Book signing

Previous Events - 2024

Jan. 10 - N. Palm Beach, FL: Book Club Discussion of Answering Alaska’s Call

March 1 - Palm Beach Gardens, FL: Barnes & Noble Bookstore - 6:00 - 7:00. Book signing by Linda Fritz, author of Answering Alaska’s Call.

March 12 - N. Palm Beach, FL: Author Interview & Book Discussion at private event

Sept. 7 - San Francisco, CA : Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye - “Alaska’s First Ophthalmologist: A Hero’s Story” presentation & book signing by Linda Fritz, author of Answering Alaska’s Call.

Interviews

Spy Book Notes: A Chat with Author Linda Fritz on “Alaska’s Call,” by James Disssette on Nov. 1, 2023. Link to video:

Seattle-based radio show host Donna Seebo and Linda discussed Answering Alaska’s Call on Oct. 25, 2023. Link to archived tape:

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Previous Events - 2023

Nov. 9 - Oxford, MD: Oxford Community Center - 5:30 - 7:00, Speaker Series - Linda Fritz, author of Answering Alaska’s Call - Book talk & signing. FREE. Oxford Community Center, 200 Oxford Rd., Oxford MD.

Nov. 8 — Chestertown, MD: The Kitchen at the Imperial Hotel - 6:00 - 7:30, The Bookplate Author Readings Fall 2023 - Linda Fritz, author of Answering Alaska’s Call, followed by book signing. Hotel address: 208 High St., Chestertown, MD. Reservations suggested. For more information: Contact@the bookplate.net, (410) 778-4167

On Wednesday, Oct. 25 - 11:00 pm ET– Seattle-based radio show host Donna Seebo and Linda discussed Answering Alaska’s Call. Link to archived tape: http://107.182.234.197:2197/ondemand/donnaseeboshow/3437%20Oct%2025%202023%20Wed-Linda%20Fritz-Donna%20Seebo%20Show-PR.rec1023-101610.mp3

Sept. 20 — Easton, MD: Talbot Historical Society - 1:00 - 2:00, Date with History - Linda Fritz, author of Answering Alaska’s’ Call - Book talk & signing.

Sept. 16 —St. Michaels, MD: Chesapeake Trading Company, 11:00 - 2:00, Linda Fritz, author of Answering Alaska’s Call - Book signing.

Sept. 8 —Easton, MD: Cooke’s Hope Author Series - 12:00 - 1:30, Linda Fritz, author of Answering Alaska’s Call - Book talk & signing.

Aug. 29 — Easton, MD: Talbot County Senior Center, noon - 1:00, Lunch & Learn - Linda Fritz, author of Answering Alaska’s Call - Book talk & signing.

June 8-12, 2018 — Homer, Alaska

Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference

July 23, 2015 - Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage Museum

Crosscurrents: Anchorage Remembers

Event hosted by 49 Writers commemorating the historic rise of Anchorage from the first sale of town lots in 1915 to Alaska’s largest city in 2015. Anchorage Remembers, a memoir anthology published by 49 Writers, celebrates the history of Anchorage from those who have lived it. “True Pioneer,” is included in the anthology. To read, click. 

Print and digital editions of Anchorage Remembers 

available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other book sellers.

November 7, 2009 - Charlottesville, Virginia
WriterHouse 

LITERARY JOURNALS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE TRANSOM

Editors and writers enjoy a symbiotic relationship: A literary journal needs writers to function and thrive. Writers need literary journals to showcase their writing. How do they find each other? What can writers do to facilitate a "good match"? What are some of the rewards of these relationships?

Linda Fritz, editor of The Delmarva Review, Thom Didato, publisher and founding editor of Failbetter.com and Barbara Esstman, writer/teacher and a contributor to The Delmarva Review in 2008, will compare and contrast their experiences in literary publishing, share their insights and answer questions about how to get your work published.

MEDIA events 

NPR member station WSCL's program, Delmarva Today, aired May 29, 2009

Interview features Linda Fritz, editor of The Delmarva Review, fiction writer Kate Blackwell and poet Anne Colwell.