Susan Conrad is an author, adventurer, and speaker who has paddled extensively throughout the Salish Sea—and beyond. Her primary passion is long-distance sea kayaking adventures and her all-time favorite place to experience that is the Inside Passage. She's completed two approximately 1,200-mile solo through-paddles from Washington State to SE Alaska and has authored three books about those adventures. Inside—One Woman’s Journey Through the Inside Passage, a five-time award-winning memoir; Wildly Inside—A Visual Journey Through the Inside Passage, a photo book featuring the places, spaces, and faces of the Inside Passage; and Inside My Sea of Dreams—The Adventures of Kami and Suz, a children's book based on the true story of her memoir. She’s also contributed to Sea Kayaker, Canoe and Kayak, Adventures Northwest, Harbor, and Figure magazines. Countless newspapers, guidebooks, and historical journals also feature her work.