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John Blanton (Mediterranean Charm: The Sights and Byways of Monaco) is a semi-retired engineer/scientist working on a software contract in Arizona. In a previous life John raced motorcycles and covered the Texas motorcycle racing scene for Cycle News and Motorcycle Weekly. He has also photographed car races, and once caught Kenny Bernstein’s drag racer exploding in flames. That was published in Hot Rod magazine. He now travels frequently with his wife, Barbara, and maintains a gallery of photos on his Web site at www.specularphoto.com. |
Arizona, USA |
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Tara Downey (Austrian Air: Skydiving in the Alps) is a journalist in Australia and has been writing professionally for six years. Her previous work includes newspaper reporting and business reporting for a credit-analysis company. Tara has been writing since childhood, and has a self-published poem book, Flight Of Fancy. She recently completed an around-the-world trip during which she lived and worked overseas. |
Queensland, Australia |
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Jeremy Ferguson (BC Dining: Going for Gold on Restaurant Tables) is a veteran travel and food writer whose travels have taken him through more than 150 countries, from the ruins of Angkor to the temples of the Kingdom of Bhutan. He has eaten global specialties from charbroiled dog to stir-fried donkey and wok-whirled snake, and, once in Mexico, an armadillo. He is based in Victoria, B.C. |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Joan Fitting Scott (Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa; The Tireless Traveler) has been to every continent except Antarctica — and that’s on her list. Her articles have appeared on wineandcuisine.org and in Distinctive Lifestyles, Sister Cities International, Where, Key, Restaurant Forum and Chile Pepper. She has written travel articles for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Greensboro News and Record and Senior News. Joan has received several awards for her marketing communications and nonfiction writing. |
Texas, USA |
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Amber Foster (Helsinki Highlights: A Visit to Finland’s Capital) is currently a writer and an English teacher in Isahaya, Japan. She has lived in both France and Spain, and traveled extensively throughout Western and Eastern Europe. She plans to visit the rest of the world when she has time. Her work has appeared in Transitions Abroad and The Nagasaki Beat. |
Isahaya, Japan |
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Eric Lucas (Victoria: Branching Out from its Empire Roots) is the author of Hidden British Columbia and Seattle Survival Guide, among other titles. He writes for Western Journey, the Los Angeles Times, Alaska Airlines Magazine, National Geographic Traveler and numerous other publications. |
Washington, USA |
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Linda Hagen Miller (Kayaking Vancouver Island: A Vacation a Teenager Could Love) is a freelance writer who believes “life is a soft adventure or it is nothing at all.” Touring with Johnstone Strait's Sea Kayaking Adventures fit her criteria perfectly. Linda writes for Coastal Living, Northwest Travel, AAA’s Via, Horizon Air Magazine, the Seattle P-I, the Honolulu Advertiser and others. Her stories have won top awards in several writing competitions, and she was recently published in the travel anthology 30 Days in the South Pacific. |
Washington, USA |
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As a travel writer for more than 25 years, Candy Harrington (Barrier-free Travel Column) is the recognized expert in the niche market of accessible travel. She’s the author of Barrier Free Travel: A Nuts And Bolts Guide For Wheelers and Slow Walkers and the editor of Emerging Horizons. Her newest book, There is Room at the Inn focuses on accessible inns and B&Bs across the United States. Candy’s work also appears in newspapers, magazines, trade publications and e-zines, as well as in her own Barrier Free Travels Blog at www.BarrierFreeTravels.com. |
California, USA |
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Cindy Patten (Simple Gifts: Vancouver Island Nature) is a teacher on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Each summer she abandons her husband and four cats to travel the world. She has most recently taught EFL (English as a Foreign Language) and studied 20th-century history in China. Some of her adventures also appear in Glimpse Abroad at www.glimpseabroad.org. |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Christy Quirk
(Alone in Ashgabat: A Witness to Turkmenistan’s Dictatorship) Before chucking it all to travel around the world for 14 months, Christy was partner in a Democratic political-consulting firm in Portland, Oregon. She has been living in Baku, Azerbaijan, with her husband and two American dogs for almost two years, working for an American non-governmental organization that helps promote democracy. Her writing has been published in The Seattle Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, Tales from a Small Planet, and the Baku Sun. She is an inveterate collector of Azeri carpets. |
Baku, Azerbaijan |
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A.P. Rodrigues (The Vinho Verde Route: Wine-tasting in Northern Portugal) runs a travel writing/photography business called R + R Creative Enterprises with her husband Phil Raby. |
Ontario, Canada |
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David S. White (Hidden in Westminster Abbey: Da Vinci Code Travel) is the author of Let’s Take the Kids to London, a travel guidebook for families and others visiting London (available through Amazon.com and iUniverse.com). His travel articles have appeared online and in The Washington Post. He maintains two Websites for London travelers: www.KidsToLondon.com and www.OnOurOwnInLondon.com. |
Maryland, USA |
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After traveling (on a very tight budget) throughout Europe, Samantha Wilson (La Paz Pride: Old Ways and New Hope in Bolivia's Capital) embarked on a trip around South and Central America. It was there that she met her Israeli boyfriend, and now finds herself living in Tel Aviv. She has passions for travel, writing, scuba diving, history and animals, and is thoroughly enjoying living and traveling in the Middle East. |
Tel Aviv, Israel |
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