Krissie Mason
Stories from the thin places,
where wilderness meets refuge.
Selected Works
My Work
My work leans toward the sacred ordinary. A falconer’s patience. A canoe builder’s rhythm. A hunter’s reverence. An elder’s wisdom passed through weathered hands. Stories of people who live close to the elements, bound at the margin between earning and living with purpose.
About
Writer . Observer . Drawn to the edges.
Raised a Minnesota farm girl in a sporting family, Krissie Mason has always felt most alive in the wild, wide-open outdoors. She writes from
Burnt Rock, her cabin on the North Shore of Lake Superior in the heart of the Superior National Forest.
Her days often include paddling the Boundary Waters, working wood by hand, or hiking the miles of wilderness trails that surround her. Her work explores field-to-fork traditions, outdoor places, and the enduring history of life in the field, with a focus on the people who shape it.
From a retired Wisconsin game warden, to a falconer and architectural photographer, to an Alaskan lodge owner who spent a lifetime on fly-in-only waters, her stories are as much about character as they are about sport, craft, food, or conservation. Her writing has appeared in Modern Huntsman, Outdoor Life, Alaska Magazine, Project Upland, Covey Rise, Canoe & Kayak, and American Angler, among others.
When not writing, she can often be found shaping wood, sketching small-scale spaces, or tending to the details that make a place feel honest and lived in. Whether canoeing, carving, or sitting by a campfire with someone who has a story to tell, she’s drawn to the simple acts that tie people to the land and to each other.
Contact
If you have something worth telling, a place worth paying attention to, or you have a project in mind, I'd be glad to hear from you.
