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Go World Travel writers span the globe...
Expert insight from journalists who know the
regions they cover
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Tara Downey (Home and Prison of Anne Frank) has been writing professionally for five years and is a graded journalist in Australia. Her previous work includes newspaper and business reporting. She has been writing since she was a child and has a self-published poem book, Flight of Fancy. She is currently pursuing a new found love of travel writing, inspired by a recent 11-month world trip, and a further three months in the Netherlands in 2005. She now has her sights set on new destinations.
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Queensland, Australia |
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Kathleen Ganster ( Beach Camping on Assateague Island) is a travel and food writer based in Gibsonia, PA. She has camped all of her life, first with her parents and siblings and now with her three children, Eliza, Kenton and Cole. Assateague Islands is one of her favorite camping sites. Kathleen teaches Freelance Journalism at Point Park University and Grant Writing at La Roche College. Visit her website at www.thetravelingbag.com.
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Pennsylvania, USA |
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Before moving to his current home in Kauai, Hawaii, freelance writer Jon Letman (Coming Clean in Japan) lived in Osaka, Japan for nine years, writing extensively as he traveled from Kamchatka to Kanchipuram, Minsk to Manila and Xiahe to Shikoku. Mr. Letman has written for the Vladivostok News, Kansai Time Out, Tower of Babel and others. |
Hawaii, USA |
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Warwick Johnston (Cycling in Bulgaria) cycled across Eastern Europe and made Bulgaria his temporary home. Since returning home, he attempts to continue the traveling experience by continually reminding himself that the world is beautiful and seeking fresh new experiences in his homeland, Australia. His photography and tales may be found at www.warwickblake.netfirms.com. |
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Trent Rockwood (Shopping in the City of the Dead) is an Arabic linguist and Middle East know-it-all
based in Washington DC. After living in Greece as a youth, he was
afflicted with terminal wanderlust, and has lived, studied and worked
in the Middle East/Mediterranean region for many years since. He likes
nothing better than becoming lost in a foreign country and discovering
something not in the guidebooks.
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Joan Scott (Naked in Antigua) has been to every continent except Antarctica — and that's on her list. Her articles have appeared at wineandcuisine.org and in Distinctive Lifestyles magazine, Sister Cities International magazine, 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.
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Texas, USA |
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Sandra Scott (Macau: More than Meets the Eye), a retired educator, is a compulsive traveler and writer. Her weekly travel column appears in the Syracuse Post Standard, and she writes a monthly travel column for Senior Wire Service. She is a frequent contributor to Copley News Service. Her work has appeared in all in-flight magazines of Latin America, TWA Ambassador, Changi Airport Magazine, Quilt Almanac, The Traveler News Letter, Vista, Destination Asia, Country Discoveries, and many more publications.
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Nadine Taylor and Barry Fox (Night Out in London) are a husband-and-wife writing team with more than 30 books and hundreds of articles to their credit. They love to travel to new places and share their discoveries with their readers.
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Jason Wells (Bumpass Hell Nature Trail) is a free-spirited freelance writer, photographer, independent filmmaker, licensed and nationally certified massage therapist, lawn care/landscaper and construction worker based out of North West Arkansas. Wells, age 34, is a sponsored BIKE TRIALS EXPERT with a passion for the outdoors, national parks and bike trials. He has hiked and photographed 22 national parks since the summer of 2001. |
Arkansas, USA |
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