She first fell in love with
Timothy Treadwell's 1997 book "Among Grizzlies: Living with Wild Bears in Alaska" and eventually its author while working as a physician's assistant in Aurora, Colorado. Huguenard quit her job on January 31, 2003 and moved to Malibu, California where she was to start a new job after she and Timothy returned for the winter. The domestic partners had spent parts of the three previous summers together in Alaska. On September 29, 2003, Tim and Amie once again are transported to Kaflia Lake by Willy Fulton, both of them wanted one more chance to be with the bears before winter set in. Eight days later, Timothy and Amie both lost their lives when a Grizzly bear attacked them in Katmai National Park and Preserve's Kodiak Island area.