Jonathan (Jon) DeHart is a Tokyo-based writer focused on travel, culture and society in Asia. He is the author of two guidebooks for Moon Travel Guides (Moon Japan and Moon Tokyo, Kyoto and Hiroshima) and a journalist with more than 500 published articles. His work has been selected for various “best of” lists by the…
Aaron Millar is an award-winning travel writer, broadcaster and author. He contributes regularly to The Times of London, National Geographic Traveller (UK), Wanderlust, and many other international publications. He was the 2014 and 2017 British Guild of Travel Writers Travel Writer of the Year, and the 2019 & 2020 US IPW Travel Writer of the…
Bart Schaneman is an editor at The Daily by Outdoor Retailer, focused on business news for the outdoors industry. He also covers the Colorado literary scene for the Boulder Weekly. Prior to that he was on the cannabis beat for MJBizDaily, the editor in chief of the Scottsbluff Star-Herald as well as national editor of…
Mike Nixon is an author, world traveler, and entrepreneur who has been traversing the globe for nearly two decades. Life Travel And The People In Between is his debut memoir, a story that explores his travels as an exchange student, Peace Corps Volunteer, NGO worker, U.S. Navy sailor, and adventurer who loves off-the-grid travel. Born…
Claire Polders is a Dutch author of fiction and nonfiction. Her latest of five books is A Whale in Paris (Atheneum, Simon & Schuster), a historical novel for younger readers. Her short stories and essays have been widely published in literary journals, including TriQuarterly, Prairie Schooner, Tin House, and Electric Literature. She’s currently finishing a…
Marlin Darrah is perhaps the world’s most traveled filmmaker. His 45 years of award-winning production experience have taken him to more than 140 countries worldwide, yielding more than 90 documentary, travel-adventure films, and suspense-thriller movies. He’s co-written, produced and directed three dramatic feature films – “Monsoon Wife,” “Amazon Queen” and “An Egypt Affair.” Together these movies have won 170…
Tharik Hussain is an author and travel writer specializing in Muslim heritage and culture. His debut book, Minarets in the Mountains; A Journey into Muslim Europe won the British Guild of Travel Writers’ Adele Evans Award for Travel Narrative Book of the Year. Hussain is also a guidebook author for Lonely Planet, and has written guides…
Nguher Zaki is a multidisciplinary creative with a penchant for storytelling and traveling. As a documentary photographer, she has worked with local and international organizations covering social issues. She has also documented political stories in Nigeria and authored two books in this regard. Nguher is currently on a long-term slow travel experience, exploring West Africa…
Ketti Wilhelm writes the sustainable travel blog TiltedMap.com, which helps people minimize their environmental footprint, support locals with their travel budget, and live more sustainably at home. (She’s a former freelance journalist who decided to go even more rogue and publish independently.) Ketti has a Master’s Degree in Sustainable Business and Energy, and has lived…
Michael McCarthy is the author of two dozen travel books. He has previously been a radio news reporter and editor, a freelance journalist for many newspapers and magazines, an editorial columnist, and videographer. Hundreds of his travel articles have appeared in many Canadian and American newspapers. Michael has traveled to nearly 50 countries, lived for…
Sarah Stodola is the author of two books — The Last Resort: A Chronicle of Paradise, Profit, and Peril at the Beach (2022), and Process: The Writing Lives of Great Authors (2015). She has written for The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Daily Beast, the BBC, CNN, Slice, and many others, and is…
