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Libby Riddles

Selected Writings By Riddles:

(With Tim Jones) Race Across Alaska: First Woman to Win the Iditarod Tells Her Story, Stackpole Books, 1988.

(With Shelley Gill, and illustrator Shannon Cartwright) Danger: The Dog Yard Cat, Paws IV Publishing, 1995.

(With Shannon Cartwright) Storm Run, Paws IV Publishing, 1996.

Chronology

1956 Born April 1 in Madison, Wisconsin
1980 Finishes 18th in Iditarod Trail Sled-Dog Race
1981 Finishes 20th in Iditarod
1982 Finished 7th in Kusko 300 Sled-Dog Race
1984 Finishes 5th in Kusko 300
1985 Becomes first woman to win Iditarod
1989 Finishes 16th in Iditarod
1995 Finishes 32nd in Iditarod

Awards and Accomplishments

1985 First woman to win Iditarod Sled-Dog Race
1985 Leonard Seppala Humanitarian Award
1985 Victor Award for Excellence in Sports
1985 March 21, 1985 is proclaimed Libby Riddles Day in Alaska
1985 Women's Sports Foundation Professional Sportswoman of the Year

(With Shannon Cartwright) Storm Run: The Story of the First Woman to Win the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, Sasquatch Books, 2002.

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