Molly Beer (From the Roof of the Devil’s Nose) caught the travel bug early — studying abroad in Spain (twice), Italy, the U.K, and participating in the School for International Training’s Tibetan Studies Program in India, Nepal, and Tibet. Since being cast out of school and into the “real world,” she has worked as an international teacher in San Salvador, El Salvador, and recently finished a year as a WorldTeach volunteer in Ambato, Ecuador training local English teachers. Her articles have appeared in Transitions Abroad, Abroad View, The Glimpse and The Providence Journal.

New Mexico, USA

Hillary Easom (Mongolia’s Nadaam Festival) currently resides in Richmond, Virginia, though she is frequently on the road. She has spent time in 36 countries, a number she hopes to at least double in her lifetime. Her travel articles have appeared in numerous national and international magazines, newspapers and online publications. mundomedia@hotmail.com

Born in New York City, but today happily ensconced in Napa, California, Bob Ecker (Pamplona) publishes all manner of compelling content throughout the world. He covers many areas including: food & wine, destination travel, feature and business. His work has been published in The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, New York Daily News, Newsday, San Diego Union-Tribune, Miami Herald and Toronto Globe & Mail.  He is a frequent contributor to Decanter Magazine, Luxury Living Magazine, Spirit of Aloha Magazine and Wine Business Monthly.

Kenya, Africa

Linda Gettman’s (Lunching With Carnivores) photography began underwater and evolved to dry land, encompassing nature’s bounty through wildlife, people and scenic portraits. An avid scuba diver, Linda and her husband flee the cold winters in Washington State as often as possible to bask in the warm sunshine of the Caribbean and tropical Pacific Oceans. Her publishing credits include Rodale’s Scuba Diving, Sport Diver, Southern Boating Magazine, NW Woman Magazine, Baja Life, Interline Adventures and Marco Polo.

Washington, USA

Rona Gilbert (The Inn Above Tide) is a freelance writer based in Columbus, Ohio. She recently left her corporate job after 12 years in politics and public relations to pursue her passion of learning through travel. She enjoys motivating others to get out and see the world (or even just their own back yard) and to experience new and different cultures and ways of life through travel. She is adept at locating off-the-beaten path and independently owned accommodations ranging from small intimate inns to guesthouses.

Terri Gonzalez (Kenai Peninsula) is a biomedical photographer and freelance writer living in Tempe, Arizona. In her free time, she enjoys exploring new places with her husband and relaxing at their cabin in the mountains. She has traveled extensively throughout the United States, capturing its beauty in both photographs and words.

As a travel writer for over 25 years, Candy B. Harrington (Barrier-Free Travel Column) has spent the last decade focusing her efforts on covering accessible travel. As the author of Barrier Free Travel: A Nuts And Bolts Guide For Wheelers And Slow Walkers, and the editor of Emerging Horizons, she is the recognized expert in this niche market. Candy’s work also appears in newspapers, magazines, trade publications and e-zines. www.CandyHarrington.com 

Amanda Kendle (Cabin Comrades on the Trans-Siberian) is an Australian addicted to traveling. She has lived and worked in Japan, Slovakia and Germany, and spends her free time writing about past trips and planning future ones. Finances for these come from her job as a teacher of English to speakers of other languages, and she worries that she learns more from her students than they do from her. Find out more at www.amandakendle.com.

In addition to visiting over a dozen countries, Ritika Nandkeolyar (Austria’s Krimml Waterfalls) has lived and worked in Austria, France, India, the Sultanate of Oman, Canada and the United States. A former strategy consultant and frequent business traveler, she now enjoys spending her airline miles in order to feed her wanderlust.

Toronto, Canada

Habeeb Salloum (Palenque) is a Canadian author and freelance writer specializing in Canadian, Arab and Latin-American history, travel and the culinary arts. Besides five books and 18 chapters in books, he has had hundreds of articles about food, travel, history and homesteading in western Canada published. Among his most notable works is Journeys Back to Arab Spain (Middle East Studies Centre: Toronto, 1994).

Catherine Skrzypinski (Midnight Train to Xi'An) has been published in the South China Morning Post, Orlando Sentinel and Syracuse New Times and is one of the founding editors and travel blog writers of The Long Trip Home (http://www.thelongtriphome.com), an online literary magazine for travelers. Memorable chapters in her travels include sailing over the Swiss Alps in a hot air balloon and hearing her last name pronounced correctly in Poland. 

Jim Soliski (A Lesson in Patience and Digital Transportation) was born on a Friday the 13th fortysome years ago and grew up in Evansburg, Alberta, Canada, a small farming community where he lived a Huckleberry Finn childhood. He’s traveled to nearly 50 countries and has had published more than 180 stories in 60 different publications worldwide. He recently self-published Does Your Meter Work?!, a paperback anthology of his stories. For info, see www.DoesYourMeterWork.com.

Alberta, Canada