Jacqueline Luckett is the author of two novels, Searching for Tina Turner and Passing Love. She lives in Oakland but travels often to nurture her passion for photography and exotic foods.
Layne Mosler is currently living in Berlin and writing Driving Hungry, a book based on her Taxi Gourmet blog that’s scheduled for publication by Vintage (Random House) in 2014.
Sarah Katin has been a television host in Korea, professor in Japan, treehouse dweller in Laos, house painter in New orleans, sangria swiller in Spain, dragon hunter in Indonesia, and fishmonger in Australia.
Anena Hansen lives in Kenya, where she works in advertising, runs a football program for disadvantaged girls, and writes about her expat-in-Africa experiences.
Jocelyn Edelstein resides in Portland, oregon, where she teaches dance, writes, and works on her upcoming documentary film, Believe The Beat, which follows a group of hip-hop dancers from Rio de Janeiro.
Laurie Weed is a freelance writer, editor, and vagabond whose stories have also appeared in The Best Women’s Travel Writing books in 2007 and 2010. She writes for magazines, guidebooks, newspapers, websites and commercial clients.
Marianne Rogoff has had stories published in The Best Travel Writing 2010, The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2008, and The Best Travel Writing 2006, among others. She teaches Writing & Literature at California College of the Arts.
Kasha Rigby has been a member of The North Face Ski Team since 1995. She is one of the few people in the world who has skiied from over 8,000 meters. For almost twenty years, she has traveled at least six months a year. Her writing has also been featured in Women’s Adventure Magazine and Ski Magazine.
Angie Chuang‘s work has appeared in Lonely Planet’s travel-writing anthology Tales From Nowhere, the Asian American Literary Review, Washingtonian magazine, and other venues. She is on the journalism faculty of American University School of Communication.
Carol Reichert has served as a midwife to a cow giving birth in New Zealand, danced flamenco in the mountain caves outside Granada, and learned lomi lomi massage in Hawaii. She is working on a memoir about her family’s life in a village in Southern Spain.
Conner Gorry is a journalist, freelance writer, and guidebook author who lives in Havana, Cuba. She has written over a dozen guides for Lonely Planet and other travel publishers and covers the Cuban health system for MEDICC Review.
Abbie Kozolchyk has contributed to National Geographic Traveler, Travel + Leisure, the San Francisco Chronicle, outside, World Hum, Concierge.com, Forbes Traveler, Travelers’ Tales, and numerous women’s magazines.
Anna Wexler is a freelance writer and filmmaker based in Tel Aviv whose work has appeared in a number of print and online publications, including Maxim, 18, Glimpse, Budget Travel, and Mir Afishu.
Marcy Gordon’s writing has appeared in many Travelers’ Tales anthologies. She is the editor of Leave the Lipstick, Take the Iguana: Funny Travel Stories from the Road (spring, 2012) and writes Come For the Wine, a popular blog.
Susan Rich is the author of three collections of poetry: The Cartographer’s Tongue/Poems of the World, Cures Include Travel, and The Alchemist’s Kitchen. She has received awards from PEN USA, The Times Literary Supplement (London), and Peace Corps Writers.
Bridget Crocker is a contributing author to Lonely Planet guidebooks and the outdoor clothing company, Patagonia. Her work has been featured in National Geographic Adventure, Trail Runner, Paddler, and outside.
Katherine Jamieson‘s writing has been published in The New York Times, Washingtonian, Ms., Narrative Magazine, Brevity, and The Best Travel Writing 2011.
Bonnie Stewart is an educator, writer, and social media researcher whose work won the 2011 Island Literary Award for Creative Non-fiction, and has appeared in CBConline and Salon.com.
Marcia DeSanctis is a journalist and writer whose work has appeared in Vogue, Departures, The New York Times Magazine, Recce, Best Travel Writing 2011 and Town & Country.
Meera Subramanian is a contributor to such publications as The New York Times and Smithsonian, and editor of the online literary magazine Killing the Buddha.
Jacqueline Luckett is the author of two novels, Searching for Tina Turner and Passing Love. She lives in Oakland but travels often to nurture her passion for photography and exotic foods.
Layne Mosler is currently living in Berlin and writing Driving Hungry, a book based on her Taxi Gourmet blog that’s scheduled for publication by Vintage (Random House) in 2014.
Sarah Katin has been a television host in Korea, professor in Japan, treehouse dweller in Laos, house painter in New orleans, sangria swiller in Spain, dragon hunter in Indonesia, and fishmonger in Australia.
Anena Hansen lives in Kenya, where she works in advertising, runs a football program for disadvantaged girls, and writes about her expat-in-Africa experiences.
Jocelyn Edelstein resides in Portland, oregon, where she teaches dance, writes, and works on her upcoming documentary film, Believe The Beat, which follows a group of hip-hop dancers from Rio de Janeiro.
Laurie Weed is a freelance writer, editor, and vagabond whose stories have also appeared in The Best Women’s Travel Writing books in 2007 and 2010. She writes for magazines, guidebooks, newspapers, websites and commercial clients.
Marianne Rogoff has had stories published in The Best Travel Writing 2010, The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2008, and The Best Travel Writing 2006, among others. She teaches Writing & Literature at California College of the Arts.
Kasha Rigby has been a member of The North Face Ski Team since 1995. She is one of the few people in the world who has skiied from over 8,000 meters. For almost twenty years, she has traveled at least six months a year. Her writing has also been featured in Women’s Adventure Magazine and Ski Magazine.
Angie Chuang‘s work has appeared in Lonely Planet’s travel-writing anthology Tales From Nowhere, the Asian American Literary Review, Washingtonian magazine, and other venues. She is on the journalism faculty of American University School of Communication.
Carol Reichert has served as a midwife to a cow giving birth in New Zealand, danced flamenco in the mountain caves outside Granada, and learned lomi lomi massage in Hawaii. She is working on a memoir about her family’s life in a village in Southern Spain.
Conner Gorry is a journalist, freelance writer, and guidebook author who lives in Havana, Cuba. She has written over a dozen guides for Lonely Planet and other travel publishers and covers the Cuban health system for MEDICC Review.
Abbie Kozolchyk has contributed to National Geographic Traveler, Travel + Leisure, the San Francisco Chronicle, outside, World Hum, Concierge.com, Forbes Traveler, Travelers’ Tales, and numerous women’s magazines.
Anna Wexler is a freelance writer and filmmaker based in Tel Aviv whose work has appeared in a number of print and online publications, including Maxim, 18, Glimpse, Budget Travel, and Mir Afishu.
Marcy Gordon’s writing has appeared in many Travelers’ Tales anthologies. She is the editor of Leave the Lipstick, Take the Iguana: Funny Travel Stories from the Road (spring, 2012) and writes Come For the Wine, a popular blog.
Susan Rich is the author of three collections of poetry: The Cartographer’s Tongue/Poems of the World, Cures Include Travel, and The Alchemist’s Kitchen. She has received awards from PEN USA, The Times Literary Supplement (London), and Peace Corps Writers.
Bridget Crocker is a contributing author to Lonely Planet guidebooks and the outdoor clothing company, Patagonia. Her work has been featured in National Geographic Adventure, Trail Runner, Paddler, and outside.
Katherine Jamieson‘s writing has been published in The New York Times, Washingtonian, Ms., Narrative Magazine, Brevity, and The Best Travel Writing 2011.
Bonnie Stewart is an educator, writer, and social media researcher whose work won the 2011 Island Literary Award for Creative Non-fiction, and has appeared in CBConline and Salon.com.
Marcia DeSanctis is a journalist and writer whose work has appeared in Vogue, Departures, The New York Times Magazine, Recce, Best Travel Writing 2011 and Town & Country.
Meera Subramanian is a contributor to such publications as The New York Times and Smithsonian, and editor of the online literary magazine Killing the Buddha.
