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…
Kat Lewis is a fiction writer and video game narrative designer based in Seoul. Her work has appeared in Off Assignment, TriQuarterly, and The Rumpus. In 2018, she was a Fulbright Creative Arts grantee in South Korea. She is currently at work on a novel about the Black experience in Korea. How did you get…
Rick Antonson has traveled on trains in thirty-five countries and is co-author of a book of railway stories, Whistle Posts West: Railway Tales From British Columbia, Alberta, and Yukon. Rick is the former president and CEO of Tourism Vancouver, and served as chair of the board for Destinations International, based in Washington, D.C., and vice…
Nora Dunn (aka The Professional Hobo) is one of the original digital nomads and lifestyle travel bloggers, having started her full-time travel lifestyle in 2006. Specializing in slow travel, she has lived in and traveled through over 70 countries while working remotely. She combines her expertise as a former Certified Financial Planner with her lifestyle travel…
