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Stephanie Ager Kirz Bainbridge Island, WA whitedogpress@aol.com |
(2006) Author, adventuress and avid cyclist Stephanie Ager Kirz writes about subjects as diverse as "Chasing the Irish Oyster" and the "Pet Boutiques of Paris." With homes in both Arizona and the Pacific Northwest, her food and travel articles have appeared in The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times, France Magazine, Living France and Four Seasons Magazine. |
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Karen Asp Fort Wayne, IN karen@karenasp.com http://www.karenasp.com |
(2006) Freelancer and fitness devotee Karen Asp covers health, fitness, nutrition and travel for numerous national publications. She's currently Allure's fitness columnist and Oxygen's sport training columnist. She also writes for AAA Living, Continental, Cooking Light, Endless Vacation, Family Circle, Fitness, Glamour, Health, InStyle, Men's Fitness, Natural Health, Newsweek, NWA Traveler, Prevention, Redbook, Self, Shape, Southwest Spirit, Spa, Woman's Day and Women's Health. She's a member of ASJA and SATW and is a certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor. |
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Karen Bannan Massapequa, NY kbannan@optonline.net KarenJBannan.com |
(2002, 2003, 2006) Covering business, health, fitness, technology, and travel, Karen J. Bannan is a full-time freelance writer. Her work appears regularly in a variety of consumer, trade, and business publications including The Robb Report, Parents, Woman's Day, Crain's New York Business, Advertising Age, PC Magazine, and The New York Times, among others. Her conference appearance have resulted in sales to Executive Travel, Yankee, Moden Bride, Men's Journal, and Coastal Living. Based on Long Island, Bannan is currently working on a nonfiction book. |
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Karen Berger South Egremont, MA KBerger466@aol.com www.hikerwriter.com |
(1999-2004) Having hiked more than 17,000 miles on 6 continents, Karen Berger is widely regarded as an expert on outdoor adventure. Her adventures -- and articles -- have ranged from ice-climbing in Alaska to scuba diving with sharks in Bora Bora to climbing Kilimanjaro to hiking the entire 3,000-mile Continental Divide Trail. Karen plays Bach and Chopin on her piano at home, and jazz and rock keyboard in local clubs. Her books include "Backpacking and Hiking" (2005) and "The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Piano Chords" (2006). |
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Reid Bramblett Brooklyn, NY reid@reidsguides.com Reidsguides.com |
(2003, 2006) Reid Bramblett has authored ten guidebooks for Frommer's, DK/Eyewitness, and Dummies. His weekly "The Intrepid Traveler" adventure column appears in the Chicago Daily Herald and St. Petersburg Times. He is a Contributing Editor to Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel and Concierge.com and has written for the Miami Herald, Modern Bride, and Newsweek. He has won three Lowell Thomas awards, two as travel reporter for MSNBC.com and one for his web site, Reidsguides.com, recommended by CNN, USA Today, and National Geographic Traveler. |
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Laura Byrne Paquet Ottawa, Ontario, Canada laura@cornerstoneword.com LauraByrnePaquet.com |
(8 conferences) From renting an apartment in Paris to careening through the Andes on a double-decker bus surrounded by teenage Argentinean water polo players, freelancer Laura Byrne Paquet enjoys living like a local while on the road (and writing about the experience). Her articles have appeared in more than 80 publications in Canada, the U.S. and Europe, including National Geographic Traveler, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, Islands, enRoute and the Ottawa Citizen. |
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Kathy Chin Leong Sunnyvale, CA kchinleong@sbcglobal.net BayAreaFamilyTravel.com |
(2006) From having ink freeze in her pen at Quebec's Ice Hotel to casting off a falcon from an Irish castle, Kathy Chin Leong has chronicled her adventures since her first international trip to Hong Kong as a teenager where she mastered the art of haggling with street vendors. Formerly Computerworld's West Coast bureau chief, she freelances full time with published articles in the Los Angeles Times, Home Magazine, TravelAge West, Working Woman, The Traveler Magazine, San Francisco Examiner, and others. |
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Ann Cochran Cabin John, MD traveltales@comcast.net |
(2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) Cochran divides her time between corporate communications and feature writing that includes essays and articles on lifestyle topics such as travel and home design for regional and national magazines. Winner of a Washington Writing Prize for personal essay, Cochran serves on the board of directors of Washington Independent Writers. Her volunteer work has included the White House, a pregnancy center, and a prison ministry. |
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Bob Cooper San Anselmo, CA cooperite@comcast.net |
(2004, 2006) Bob Cooper is a San Francisco Bay Area-based freelancer who specializes in outdoor sports, active travel and spas. Recent articles have appeared in Runner's World (where he's a contributing editor), National Geographic Traveler, National Geographic Adventure, Best Life, Spa and San Francisco Chronicle Magazine. Bob's articles won 2005 awards from ASJA and the Bay Area Travel Writers. The former executive editor of Running Times Magazine, he has written two running guidebooks, including "San Francisco Running Guide" (Human Kinetics, 1999). |
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Wayne Curtis New Orleans, LA curtis@route411.com http://www.waynecurtis.com |
(2006) Wayne Curtis is a frequent contributor to the Atlantic Monthly, Preservation, Yankee, and Downeast. He's published several dozen travel stories in the New York Times, and his stories have also appeared in American Scholar, American Heritage, Canadian Geographic, Saveur, Smithsonian, Via (AAA), and Continental. He moved to New Orleans in 2006, but still spends summers in Maine, where he lived for nearly 20 years. Wayne's "And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails" was published in 2006. |
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Lisa Davis Chicago, IL lisadavismedia@yahoo.com |
(2006) Lisa Davis, former editor of Frequent Flyer and editor/publisher of Mileage Pro: The Insider's Guide to Frequent Flyer Programs, covers business travel, spas, hotels, golf, adventure travel, destinations, and health/wellness on the road. In her monthly spa column, "Travel Well," for Justsaygo.com, Lisa reviews luxury spas. As a radio personality, Lisa is a correspondent for a Sirius Radio travel show. Lisa also reports for a syndicated newspaper column, Business Travel Report, and writes for New York Resident and Hamptons Resident. |
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Michael DeFreitas michaeld@iwritetravel.com |
(2004) Canadian-based photographer Michael DeFreitas took the honors as North America Travel Photographer of the Year for his work in various publications including: Caribbean Travel & Life, Diver Magazine, Canadian Traveller, Caribbean Travel Planner, and Delta Sky Magazine. |
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Nancy E. Depke Princeton, NJ ndepke@comcast.net |
(2006) Longtime journalist and feature writer from Princeton, NJ, Nancy was the TV critic for the Cleveland Press and society writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. She also owned her own PR firm, began travel writing over 10 years ago, and has written for the Plain Dealer, Ohio Motorist, National Geographic Traveler, the Akron Beacon, Cleveland Magazine, Northern Ohio Live and Jersey Magazine. She is a member of SPJ, MTWA, and NATJA. |
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Rachel Dickinson Freeville, NY rdickinson@clarityconnect.com |
(2000-2006) Rachel Dickinson writes about nature, science, and travel from perpetually overcast Upstate New York. Her pieces have appeared in numerous publications including Audubon, The Christian Science Monitor, Executive Traveler, Yankee, Islands, and National Geographic Traveler. Her newest book, Falconer on the Edge, will be published by Houghton Mifflin in 2008. |
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Denise Dube Lexington, MA dubedenise@cs.com http://www.globalfoodie.com |
(2003) Freelance food, feature, profile, travel and news writer Denise Dube has written for Intermezzo, Irish Intermezzo, travelgirl, and Hornpipe and is a regular contributor to the Boston Globe and small local and ethnic newspapers, managing columnist editor for JustSayGo.com,and editor and owner of Global Foodie. Her work has also been picked up by AP and National Geographic Traveler online. Denise is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the American Society of Journalists and Authors. |
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Amy S. Eckert Holland, MI mail@amy-eckert.com amy-eckert.com |
(2005-2006) Rembrandt's Amsterdam, the Florida Keys via Harley, Lake Superior in a kayak and Sonoma's annual Olive Festival are just a few examples of Amy Eckert's diverse assignments this past year. Amy has written for such outlets as Shape, Men's Fitness, Golf Connoisseur, Canoe & Kayak, Wine Enthusiast, AAA magazines, AmericanStyle, LongWeekends, VisitFlorida.com, Michelin, Frommer's and Fodor's. |
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Judith Fein Santa Fe, NM judith@GlobalAdventure.us globaladventure.us |
(2004, 2005, 2006) Travel writer, performer, Hollywood screenwriter Judith Fein spent a decade in Europe and North Africa. A multiple award-winning travel journalist, she has contributed to over 70 publications, NPR and the BBC. Judith does travel performances and videos with husband Paul Ross. Specialties include everything surprising and exotic, culture, luxury, food, history. A travel columnist for Spirituality and Health Magazine, Judith is a pacifist and the only thing she hits is the road. |
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Katharine Fletcher Quyon, Quebec, Canada chesley@allstream.net chesleyhouse.com |
(96-2005) Katharine Fletcher is a keen outdoorswoman who is happiest in the wild, whether riding a horse, paddling a canoe, cross-country skiing, or hiking. A versatile author, freelance writer and columnist, she enjoys exploring backcountry destinations as well as unearthing the unusual in the heart of a city. Katharine has won many awards for her books and features, and in 2004 was surprised to be named by Ottawa Life Magazine as one of Ottawa's ten most accomplished professional women. She's the author of Quebec Off the Beaten Path, 4th Ed, and contributed to Michelin's Green Guides for Canada and Quebec and to Rand McNally's 2007 North American Road Atlas. |
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Eunice Fried New York City EFNY212@aol.com chesleyhouse.com |
(2005-2006) New York-based free-lancer Eunice Fried specializes in wine, travel, personality profiles and food. She is the wine columnist of Global Traveler, wine columnist of TravelClassics.com and director of the G.T. annual airline wine competition. Her articles have also appeared in The New York Times, Elle, More, The Preferred Way, National Geographic Traveler, Hemisperes, Business Traveler, Dallas Morning News, among other publications. Her book, "Burgundy: The Country, The Wines, The People," (1986) won three writing awards. |
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Melissa Gaskill Austin, TX mlg6310@sbcglobal.net |
(2005) A full-time freelance writer with more than 25 years of experience, Melissa Gaskill has covered outdoor/mild adventure travel, nature and the environment, health care, parenting, and other topics for publications including Family Fun, American Way, Nature Conservancy Magazine, Wildflower, NurseWeek, Texas Highways, and Texas Parks & Wildlife. Based in Austin, she's traveled extensively across the Southwest and Mexico. Her books so far include "Best Hikes with Dogs: Texas Hill Country and Coast," and "Lacrosse: A Guide for Parents." |
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Margie Goldsmith New York, NY mgoldsmith@mgproductions.com http://www.mgproductions.com |
(99-2006) Twice the Travel Classics contest winner, NYC-based Margie Goldsmith writes lifestyle, adventure, luxury and profiles. A contributing editor to Elite Traveler and Her Sports & Fitness, contributing writer to Art & Antiques and Executive Traveler, she also writes for O the Oprah Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, Town & Country, Robb Report, MORE, Modern Bride, Distinction and The Washington Post. A published novelist, she has been to 96 countries on six continents and written about them all. |
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Emilie C. Harting Philadelphia, PA echarting@hotmail.com www.emilieharting.com |
(99-2006) Emilie C. Harting's travel articles have appeared in Continental, The Dallas Morning News, Distinction, Ladies' Home Journal, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, www.travelclassics.com, and The Washington Post. She started out by writing literary guides of the British Isles and New England, and now often combines history and culture with ecotourism and walking vacations. |
| Leah Ingram | An article Leah Ingram wrote on breast cancer survivors for Triumph Magazine was honored twice for profile writing, with an APEX Award and a Magnus Opus silver medal. Forthcoming in 2007 are two of her latest books: "Tie the Knot on a Shoestring" (Alpha books, Penguin division), which focuses on planning a wedding for about $5,000; and a branded gift-giving book written for a national retailer. |
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Yvonne Jeffery Calgary AB Canada yvonne@summitword.com |
(6 TC Conferences) A Travel Classics Writers Contest winner, Yvonne specializes in travel and lifestyle feature writing, including adventure, learning and literary travel (having explored the worlds of Winnie-the-Pooh and Peter Rabbit, she is about to travel to Prince Edward Island, home to Anne of Green Gables). She is a regular contributor to CanWest newspapers, American Profile and Fifty-Five Plus, and, thanks to Travel Classics Conferences, has placed articles with such outlets as The Dallas Morning News, National Geographic Traveler, Distinction and Mountain Living. Her latest book is "The Everything Home-Based Business Book" (May 2006). |
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Gayle Keck San Francisco, CA GAKeck@aol.com GayleKeck.com |
(2005-06) Gayle Keck has written for Gourmet, GQ, Islands, Executive Traveler and AARP The Magazine. She's a frequent contributor to the Washington Post, where she created a monthly column on travel magazines; her work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor and other major newspapers. Her story, "Onionskin," was selected for Best Travelers' Tales 2004. Gayle met her husband on an airplane and knows her shoe size in at least eight languages. |
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Judith Kirkwood Fitchburg, WI judykirkwood@cs.com |
(1996-2006) Judith Kirkwood has attended this conference for nearly ten years, selling to National Geographic Traveler, American Way and Celebrated Living, Westways, Robb Report, Philadelphia Magazine's Elegant Weddings, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, Distinction, Family Life, The Dallas Morning News, Art & Antiques, and Executive Traveler, and making lifelong friends. |
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Leslie Knowlton New York, NY lk@leslieknowlton.com http://www.leslieknowlton.com |
(2006) Leslie Knowlton is a journalist whose work has appeared in dozens of newspapers including the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and New York Daily News; and magazines such as American Health, Bottom Line/Personal, Cosmopolitan, Fitness, Folio:Magazine, New Beauty and Penthouse. Residing in New York City and on Deer Isle, Maine, she also writes for online media including Revolution Health and the New York Academy of Sciences web site. Her most recent trips were to the Galapagos and India. |
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Christine Koubek North Potomac, MD ckoubek@comcast.net |
(2002 and 2003) Christine Koubek is a travel writer and essayist who specializes in family travel, getaway weekends, cruising, and special events-from Christmas at the Newport Mansions to Saratoga's August racing season. Since attending the Travel Classics conferences, her work has appeared in Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, The Dallas Morning News, Miami Herald, Modern Bride, Washingtonian Magazine, and The Washington Post. She is a frequent contributor to CruiseCritic.com and author of "Friends, Cliques, and Peer Pressure" (2002). |
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Dale Ann Leatherman daleatherman@cs.com |
A freelance travel writer with 25 years experience as a newspaper, magazine and website editor, Dale specializes in golf, adventure and the Caribbean. She contributes to the Robb Report, Caribbean Travel & Life, LINKS, Executive Traveler, Golf for Women, Meetings & Conventions, Islands and Continental. Dale is Editorial Director of the Caribbean Escapes Collection, which includes a website, TV show and 400-page book. She is the author of "Courting Danger" (1992), a collaboration with 1930s tennis star and WWII spy Alice Marble. Following the Ireland Travel Classics Conference, Dale wrote about golf in Ireland for Executive Traveler and Travel Classics. |
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Irene S. Levine, PhD Chappaqua, NY irene@irenelevine.com IreneLevine.com |
(2006) Irene S. Levine is a freelance journalist and professor at the NYU School of Medicine. Her freelance health, lifestyle and travel articles appear in the nation's leading newspapers (Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, NY Times, LA Times and Washington Post), magazines (AARP Bulletin, Better Homes & Gardens, Health, Ladies Home Journal, Reader's Digest, and Segunda Juventud, and online publications (Revolution Health and OAG Frequent Flyer). |
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Athena F. Lucero Sierra Madre, CA athenalucero@earthlink.net |
(6 TC Conferences) Athena writes about history and culture, soft adventure, festivals and things off the beaten path. She has written stories for Distinction, More, Romantic Homes, Modern Maturity, Mountain Living and Copley News Service. She has most recently returned from an eco-tour of Mexico's Copper Canyon and celebrating festival life in Quebec City and Montreal. |
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Kathleen M. Mangan Hagerstown, MD kmwrite@myactv.net |
(2006) Kathleen M. Mangan has interviewed an elephant trainer in South Africa, Intuitive artist in Jamaica, bird guide in the Amazon and Garifuna drum maker in Belize. She won the magazine feature story of the year in the Caribbean Tourism Organization's 2004 travel writing competition. Mangan has been a contributing editor for five magazines, including Islands and Islands Weddings & Honeymoons. Her work has appeared in Caribbean Travel & Life, American Way, Southwest Airlines Spirit, Orient-Express Magazine, Spa and Sail. |
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Kathryn McKay Bethesda, MD mckayk@verizon.net |
(2004-2005) Kathryn McKay has written about everything from a bear that takes bubble baths to ideas for using Halloween candy besides eating it. But her favorite ground to cover is her hometown. She is a city expert for Home&Abroad. Her articles and essays have appeared in AmericanStyle, Family Circle, the Washington Post, the Washington Times, Baltimore magazine, Bethesda magazine, Maryland Life, discovery.com and other publications. Kathryn's latest book is "Fodor's Around Washington, D.C. with Kids, 4th Ed." (Feb. 2006). |
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Susan McKee Susan@SusanMcKee.com |
(2005, 2006) Susan McKee is an independent scholar and freelance journalist specializing in history, culture and travel. She is Editor-At-Large for Business Traveler USA, a regular columnist for Road and Travel, and writes for JaxFax, Chicago SunTimes, AAA Living, Wine Enthusiast and more. Susan was a general assignment reporter for more than a decade at a major metropolitan daily newspaper before fleeing corporate journalism for the peripatetic life of a freelancer. |
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Melanie Radzicki McManus Sun Prairie, WI mrmcmanus@charter.net melaniemcmanus.com |
(1997-2006) Melanie Radzicki McManus is an avid writer and runner specializing in travel, health/fitness, art, gardening and the environment. She has written for publications such as AmericanStyle, Cooking Light, Country Living, National Geographic Traveler, National Wildlife, Robb Report Vacation Homes, Runner's World, Shape, SweetTea Journal and Town & Country. A two-time winner of the Travel Classics Writers Contest, her favorite travel topic is the beautiful, underrated Midwest. |
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Jessica Merrill Brooklyn, NY JessMerrill@yahoo.com jessicamerrill.com |
(2006) Jessica Merrill is a New York City freelance writer who has written about food and travel for The New York Times, Travel & Leisure, National Geographic Traveler, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, Wine & Spirits, Washington Post and many others. She's also a contributing writer for the Travel + Leisure Book, "The Best of 2007: The World's Greatest Hotels, Resorts and Spas." |
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Michele Meyer TX MMeyer@compuserve.com |
(2004-2006) Michele Meyer writes about upscale and honeymoon travel, fashion, beauty and health. Her credits include Travel + Leisure, InStyle, National Geographic Traveler, W, GQ, Art & Antiques, The Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons, Allure, Metropolitan Home, Spa, Neiman Marcus The Book and Modern Bride. She served as the Houston correspondent for Lucky for a year, Allure for eight years and for Women's Wear Daily for 11 years. She has covered fashion collections in Paris, Milan, New York and Los Angeles. |
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Karen Misuraca Sonoma, CA kmworld@vom.com KarenMisuraca.com BestGolfResortsoftheWorld.com |
(12 TC conferences) A resident of Sonoma in the California Wine Country, Karen Misuraca specializes in luxury resorts, golf travel and California travel. Among her several guidebooks are "Backroads of the California Wine Country"; "Quick Escapes from San Francisco"; "Fun with the Family Northern California"; "Insiders' Guide Yosemite", "The 100 Best Golf Resorts of the World"; and "The California Coast". Karen's new online golf magazine, BestGolfResortsoftheWorld.com, focuses on luxury golf resorts and golf communities, worldwide. |
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Harriet Modler Pacific Palisades, CA harrietmod@aol.com |
(10 TC Conferences) Four-wheel jeeping along California's San Andreas earthquake fault, wandering the gardens of Highgrove, HRH Prince Charles' Gloucestershire estate, checking out the world's most significant western arts auction, and hiking 10,000 year old petroglyph sites in Nevada are among Harriet Modler's latest travels. Recent markets include AmericanStyle, Coastal Living, Creative Living, Executive Traveler, VIA, Hemispheres, and Mountain Living. Topics include art, family travel, soft adventure, luxury travel, gaming industry destinations and collectibles. |
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Gladys Montgomery West Stockbridge, MA montgomerygladys@aol.com |
(2004) Gladys Montgomery began freelancing while an expatriate in Asia, where she lived for eight years. She writes intelligently about travel, indigenous cultures, art, antiques, design, architecture, preservation, business, food, and gardens. Her 100+ features include Far East Traveler, Continental, Discovery, Yankee, The Christian Science Monitor, Antiques & Fine Art, Traditional Home, Old House Interiors, and Berkshire Living. She's editor of BL Home+Garden and contributing editor for OHI's Early Homes. One of her essays appears in Traveler's Tales: The Road Within. "Antiquing Weekends" was published in 2006. |
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Hilary Nangle Waldoboro, ME Hilary@HilaryNangle.com HilaryNangle.com |
(2004-2006) Avid skier and former whitewater guide Hilary Nangle specializes in soft adventure, arts, all-things Maine, the Caribbean (those Maine winters are long) and, thanks to a few years as managing editor for Gourmet News, food. Her markets include AARP, American Style, Art & Antiques, Budget Travel, Car & Travel, Elegant Wedding, Four Seasons, Executive Traveler, Golf Connoisseur, NE Travel and Life, NNE Journey, Ski, Westways, Where to Retire and Yankee. She's written two guidebooks and contributed to dozens of others. |
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Deston S. Nokes Tigard, OR deston@destonnokes.com destonkes.com |
(2005-06) Pacific Northwest writer Deston Nokes often takes a break from the clouds to write about captivating, tropical climates and to profile provocative people. He also specializes in environmental writing. Recent features include the art of traditional Hawaiian healing for Hawaii magazine, an insider's tour of Portland for Golf Connoisseur, golfing the King's Trail on Big Island for Golf Living, teetering on the lip of a volcano's crater for Porthole Magazine and touring Portland with kids for Travel Portland Magazine. |
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Cleo Paskal Montreal, Canada me@cleopaskal.com |
(2002) Cleo's foreign and travel reporting has broadened to include coverage on the implications of environmental change. She has been made an Associate Fellow at Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) and her book on how environmental change will affect geopolitics, "Global Warring," is due out in fall 2007. She continues her weekly column with the Toronto Star as well as contributing The Independent, The Times (UK), the BBC and many, many others. |
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Bethanne Kelly Patrick Arlington, VA bkpatrick@aol.com |
(2002) Bethanne was promoted to Editor-at-Large of PAGES magazine. |
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Mary L. Peachin Tucson, AZ mary@peachin.com peachin.com |
(2005, 2006) Mary L. Peachin is a freelance adventure/outdoor travel writer/photographer, author and lecturer. She has published and edited Peachin & Peachin Leaders World Adventure (www.peachin.com) since its founding in October 1996. Mary is an active member of the Society American Travel Writers, Travel Media Association of Canada, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, American Society of Media Photographers and Outdoor Writers of America. |
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Doreen Pendgracs Manitoba, Canada pendor@mts.net wizardofwords.net |
(1998, 2005) Doreen Pendgracs is a freelance writer/photographer whose work has been published in a broad range of media including Golf Connoisseur, Highways, RV Lifestyle, German Life, Farmers' Almanac and DreamScapes. She has a strong interest in food & wine, nature & wildlife, rural lifestyle, and things generally experienced off the beaten path. Doreen paricularly enjoys island destinations and is a member of SATW, the Travel Media Association of Canada and the Professional Writers Association of Canada. Doreen co-authored the first edition of "Frommer's Newfoundland & Labrador" (2004), and has also contributed to several other books. |
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Todd Pitock Villanova, PA toddpitock@aol.com |
(2006) Philadelphia-based freelancer Todd Pitock's features have appeared in The Washington Post, The American Lawyer, Salon, and ForbesLife (nee FYI), where he is a contributing editor. He has traveled on assignment to Israel, Iraq, Libya, France, South Africa, Niger and elsewhere, and won the 2005 Lowell Thomas Award (gold) and other prizes. |
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Barbara Radcliffe Rogers Richmond, NH rogerswriters@ne.rr.com |
(2006) After 36 travel books for publishers from Frommers to Thomas Cook Guides, Barbara Radcliffe Rogers is turning to magazines, with articles in Style 1900, Modernism and Global Traveler. A monthly dining column and recent books, "Eating Napa and Sonoma" and "Eating New England", indulge her passion for food-related travel. Whether on northern Italy or her mudwalking adventures in Holland, her writing focuses on the quirky, the unexpected and the tasty. |
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Trish Riley Ft. Lauderdale, FL triley9@aol.com |
(1999) A member of the ASJA and SEJ, Trish specializes in Florida, Family Travel, Environmental and Health Issues. Her work has also been published in E, the environmental magazine, The Miami Herald, South Florida Parenting, Family Life, Palm Beach Post's First Sunday, and many custom publications. Trish is the author of "Palm Beach, Miami & The Florida Keys" (July 2005). |
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Paul Ross Santa Fe, NM paul@globaladventure.com globaladventure.us |
(2004, 2005, 2006) Paul Ross's specialty is travel as seen through the lens of anything funny, strange or edible (sometimes all three together). His beat is high luxury to cultural trail-blazing and he has a sniffer for unusual places and gives new twists to well-known destinations. As a writer/photographer, he has contributed to more than sixty publications; he also makes videos and does live performances. Based in Santa Fe, he works with wife, Judith Fein. |
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Beth Rubin beth_rubin@verizon.net bethrubinauthor.com onthewritepage.com |
(2005) Beth hasn't been the same since attending the exhilarating Travel Classics Writers Conference in Ireland. A seasoned journalist for 26 years, her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Washingtonian magazine, The (N.J.) Star-Ledger, Frommer's Dollarwise Traveler, Roll Call, Ski Resorts magazine, the Almanac and Journal newspapers, (Annapolis) Capital, Scribble, Washington Dance View, Frommers.com, and Maryland.com. She is the author of "Frommer's Washington D.C. with Kids" (March 2006) and an award-winning novel, "Split Ends". Coming soon is "Delaware Curiosities" (June 2007). |
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Heidi Sander Toronto ON, Canada writehs@mac.com katherinejacob.ca |
(2003, 2005, 2006) Specializing in adventure and cultural travel, Heidi has written hundreds of articles for national and international publications under her penname Katherine Jacob, and is the author of "Footsteps Along the Grand" and six Canadian best-selling trail guidebooks (proceeds donated to environmental foundations). An SATW member and York Master in Environmental Literature and Writing, Heidi's literary work is represented by Transatlantic Literary Agency in Toronto. |
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Heidi Schuessler Seattle, WA heidianna2@hotmail.com |
(2000-2001) Specialized in travel, business and technology. Contributing editor to Travel Holiday magazine, frequent contributor to the "Circuits" section of the New York Times. Other clients included Sunset Magazine, Travel and Leisure, Town and Country, and Travel + Life. In February 2003 became full-time Managing Editor of Sasquatch Books in Seattle, so very little time for freelancing these days. |
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Peggy Shinn Rutland, VT pegm@highmeadow.com iamnotmymother.blogspot.com |
(2006) Avid skier and cyclist, Peggy Shinn has written everything from gear reviews to World Cup skier profiles to travel stories. Now a mom, she has added family travel and humorous parenting essays to the mix at iamnotmymother.blogspot.com. Her markets include Executive Traveler, MSNBC.com, Skiing, Ski Press, Vermont Magazine, Connecticut Magazine, and several newspapers, including the Boston Globe. She has also contributed to Fodor's New England guidebooks, as well as several ski guidebooks covering both North America and Europe. |
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Sharon Spence Santa Fe, NM sharonspence@cs.com |
(2001) Because of attending Travel Classics in November 2001, Sharon sold a story to Travel & Life called "Confessions of a Wild Woman", which became part of a portfolio of work that enabled her to win the Grand Prize as TRAVEL WRITER OF THE YEAR 2002, from North American Travel Journalists Association. |
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Theresa Storm Calgary, Canada email Theresa |
(2004) Theresa returned from the Caribbean Tourism Organization's conference in St. Thomas, where she won the Bill Baxter Canadian Travel Writer of the Year 2005 award for excellence in covering Caribbean tourism. She also won the award last year in its inaugural year. The award, based on 12 articles on the Caribbean published in 2004, is part of the Caribbean Tourism Organization's Worldwide Travel Writer/Photographer Awards. |
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Valerie Summers Los Angeles, CA SummersValerieS@aol.com www.southerncaliforniaguide.org |
(2006) Los Angeles based freelancer Valerie Summers roams the globe in search of interesting subjects and places. Her specialties include soft adventure, culture, active travel and lifestyle. Jewelry, fashion, accessories and firearms are a few of her recent lifestyle topics. She contributes to Hemispheres, Christian Science Monitor, Travellady, Bel Air Magazine, ABC Travel News, Fodor's and Fit. |
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Joyce Gregory Wyels Los Alamitos, CA jwyels@socal.rr.com |
(2005) A contributing writer for Americas (Organization of American States), Joyce Gregory Wyels also freelances for several travel magazines. Her specialties are cross-cultural topics and travel articles, especially as they relate to Latin America. A member of ASJA and the Travel Journalists Guild, Joyce lives in Southern California. Her story on Mesa Verde won a gold award for environmental tourism in the 2005 Lowell Thomas Competition. |
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Barbara Wysocki RockyHill, CT wysockb@aol.com |
(2003, 2005, 2006) Interests in travel, fiber arts, children's literature and spirituality have lead Barbara Wysocki to assignments for Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, Art & Antiques and The Christian Science Monitor. A feature writer for Life Publishing newspapers, Wysocki's work has also appeared in Executive Traveler and New England Travel & Life. Winner of the 2004 Travel Classics Writer's Contest, she also reviews audiobooks for School Library Journal. |
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