
In the early 80s, while other kids were playing Pac-Man, HJ was writing BASIC programs and dreaming up worlds where computers and wilderness coexisted in harmony. These days, she still codes – but her best debugging happens during backpacking trips, where solutions seem to float in on the mountain breeze along with the scent of pine.
Her stories emerge from that sweet spot between technology and wilderness: where satellite phones save lives but can’t replace the wisdom of reading weather patterns, where AI can catalog species but can’t match the thrill of tracking elk through fresh snow, and where the most sophisticated GPS can’t compete with the soul-deep navigation.
When not writing, HJ can be found wearing her trusty zip-off hiking pants (day 4 and counting), testing new dehydrated meal recipes, or explaining to her three rescue cats why they can’t come on her next backcountry adventure. Her belief that true connection happens miles from the nearest cell tower shapes every story she tells, serving as a willing conduit for tales that flow as naturally as mountain streams after the spring thaw.
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HJ Corning has created a truly magical story. There's nothing else like it.