About the Author

Alicia Loveland, a fourth generation Alaskan, born in Palmer, Alaska (the Matanuska Valley) where summer sun shines endlessly, and cabbages grow to 100 pounds. In an annual contest, the winner of the largest cabbage wins $2,000. It could be said, "Alicia has a history with cabbage." At the age of eight, she moved to Cantwell, Alaska where her parents homesteaded. The temperatures were colder, soil poorer, and the chance of growing anything other than flowers was slim. That's where cabbage came in. Alicia has worked as a flight attendant and for oil companies.