Caskey Russell

THE RAVEN AND EAGLE SERIES

Read About Caskey’s Visit to the First Nations Institute
https://www.firstnations.org/news/caskey-russell-on-tlingit-mythology-and-his-bestseller-door-on-the-sea/

COVER REVEAL!
THE EAGLE IN THE MOUNTAIN

THE SEQUEL TO THE DOOR ON THE SEA (BOOK 2 IN THE RAVEN AND EAGLE SERIES.)
COMING NOVEMBER 3rd, 2026!
CLICK ON THE COVER TO READ MORE

Another great article by Matthew Kincanon about Indigenous Fantasy.
Matthew interviewed Caskey, David A. Robertson, author from the Cree Nation,
and Malia Maunakea, a Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) author.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/may/03/indigenous-authors-discuss-cultural-fantasy-boom-a/

THE DOOR ON THE SEA has just won an Honorable Mention in this year’s IAFA Crawford Award!
(click on the image below to read more)

A New Article On The Eagle and Raven Series and Interview with Caskey
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/mar/16/new-fantasy-series-tells-epic-tale-through-tlingit/

Click on the link below to read an interview with Western Washington University News

Fairhaven Professor Caskey Russell discusses
his debut novel, ‘The Door on the Sea,’
an NPR Books We Love 2025 pick

The Door on the Sea is one of NPR’s Best Books of 2025!

The Door on the Sea Cover Reveal from Reactor Magazine
Click on the Cover Below to Read the Article

Read an Interview with Caskey by Underscore Native News

Below: Check Out Two Articles Written by Caskey

Saving The Butterflies – GUEST POST by Caskey Russell (THE DOOR ON THE SEA)
“Five Speculative Fiction Characters I Am Inviting to My Holiday Party This Season”

READ a NERD DAILY interview with Caskey about writing and books:

https://thenerddaily.com/caskey-russell-the-door-on-the-sea-author-interview/

Listen to a New Books Network interview with Caskey and A.E. Lanier about the inspiration and writing of The Door on the Sea

Click here to listen: https://newbooksnetwork.com/the-door-on-the-sea

THE DOOR ON THE SEA is one of Reactor’s SFF titles to look forward to in 2025

https://reactormag.com/30-more-sff-titles-to-look-forward-to-in-2025/

PHOTOS

On display with Rena Priest’s Positively Uncivilized in Elliot Bay Bookstore, Seattle, WA
In Third Space Bookstore
In the Display Case at the front of Powell’s Bookstore
in Portland, Oregon
Reading at Village Books in Bellingham, WA
Reading at the Phinney Community Center in Seattle, WA
THE ORIGINAL CHETDYL AND CARAIDEN
In the Sealaska Heritage Center Longhouse
Chetdyl and Caraiden in NZ
during the writing of the beginning of
The Door on the Sea
Chetdyl and Caraiden
drinking at the Green Dragon Inn
Hobbiton, NZ. The Little Chich pub in The Door on The Sea is modeled after the Green Dragon.
The Original “Little Chich”
(always pronounce his name correctly)
Caraiden and Chetdyl on the Salish Sea
On display in Village Books, Bellingham, WA
On display at Powell’s in Portland, OR
Chetdyl in the Home Land
CHETDYL
SAMISH ISLAND
SAMISH ISLAND
Samish Island
Samish Island
Location Inspiration for Book 1
These Two. Conspiring.
Location Inspiration for Book 2
Location Inspiration for Book 2
Location Inspiration for Book 2
Author Event in Spokane, WA
On display in Spokane, WA
Author Event in Spokane, WA
Location Inspiration for Book 2
On display at Powell’s in Portland, OR
The Moon Through Yellow Larches Above the Glow from a Campfire
(One of Caskey’s favorite camping spots in the Cascades and a location inspiration for Book 2
CASKEY AND GARTH STEIN
Books for the whole fam
On display at Elliot Bay Bookstore in Seattle
At Elliot Bay Bookstore in Seattle
A Gift from the Tribe: Herring Egg Time
Like Raven, the author’s main motivation
NINA MCCONIGLEY’S NEW BOOK!
NINA MCCONIGLEY, CASKEY
& FRIENDS
Spotted in the Boston Public Library
(Botson’s Bay in the novel is a play on Boston Bay.
Tlingit’s originally called Americans “Boston Men”
Spotted in the Boston Public Library
My Great Aunt’s Mural, Juneau AK
My Great Aunt’s Portrait at the Tribal Headquarters, Juneau AK
Carving My Paddle at Auke Bay (Photo Courtesy of Sealaska Heritage Institute)
Haa Aaní. In Juneau for a Presentation at Sealaska Heritage Institute
Paddling Auke Bay
2 of 3
Sunset over Port Orchard
Storyteller’s Summit
Storyteller’s Summit, South Kitsap
Kwaatk’wa – The Original Kwa
& Caskey’s Great Grandmother
TEEW – the inspiration behind Kwa’s Character
& Caskey’s Grandmother