Jen Murphy is an award-winning journalist who splits her time between Boulder and Maui. She started her career at Food & Wine magazine, then worked on staff at AFAR and Sunset. As a freelancer, she’s carved out a niche around her love of health, fitness, and adventure sports. She regularly contributes to Conde Nast Traveler,…

Having reported from 120 countries on 7 continents, Robin’s stories and photography have appeared in over a dozen major publications including The Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, The Melbourne Age and National Geographic.  A former columnist for Canada’s Globe and Mail, MSN, and Vancouver Sun, Robin is the creator and co-host of Word Travels, a 40-part…

Trained as an anthropologist with a degree from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Michael Engelhard worked for twenty-five years as a wilderness guide and outdoor instructor in Alaska and on the Colorado Plateau. Recent books include the National Outdoor Book Award-winning memoir Arctic Traverse as well as What the River Knows: Essays from the Heart of Alaska, and the Grand Canyon essay…

Kathleen Hughes writes for the Travel Report of the Wall Street Journal and has written first person stories about open water swimming in Turkey, the social dynamics of group tours, medical emergencies on planes, souvenirs and extreme travel. Her stories have also appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and Vogue. She…

Dustin Grinnell is an American travel writer, essayist, and fiction writer who lives in Boston. He is the author of Lost & Found: Reflections on Travel, Career, Love, and Family (Peter Lang), a finalist in the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. His travel writing has been featured in many publications, including Salon, The Expeditioner,…

Blake Boles is a traveling writer, experiential educator, and advocate for self-directed learning. The author of four books on alternatives to traditional schooling, his work has been featured in The New York Times, Town & Country, The Christian Science Monitor, BBC Travel, Psychology Today, and USA Today. A California native now based in Europe, Blake splits his time between dancing, writing, and cycle…

Tania Romanov is the author of four memoirs and a travel collection. Her travel writing has also been anthologized in The Best Travel Writing, The Best Women’s Travel Writing, and elsewhere. Tania is the recipient of multiple Solas Awards for travel writing, as well as a Northern California Publishers and Authors Book Award for memoir. Born in…

Lucas Peters is an award-winning writer, photographer, and travel expert with a portfolio that includes hundreds of travel articles, radio interviews, and podcasts. As the author and principal photographer of various travel books published by Moon Travel Guides (Hachette Book Group), Lucas has produced titles such as Moon Morocco, Moon Grand European Journeys, Moon Seville,…

Pier Nirandara is an award-winning author, travel writer, film producer, and underwater photographer. A multi-TEDx speaker and former literary ambassador for the Bangkok Metropolitan/UNESCO, Pier has written for BBC, AFAR, Lonely Planet, Condé Nast Traveler, Off Assignment, Catapult, Oceanographic Magazine, Adventure.com, among others. Her words have won at the Lowell Thomas Awards from the Society…

Troy Nahumko left Canada at an early age, first as a traveling musician around the United States and Europe, then as a writer and teacher in countries as diverse as Yemen, Azerbaijan, Libya and Laos. He has published travel pieces in newspapers and magazines around the world and was awarded the Mercedes Calles y Carlos…

Laura Kiniry is a freelance journalist specializing in travel, food, and culture. Born on the East Coast, she still considers herself a Jersey Girl (South Jersey, near Philadelphia), despite making her home in San Francisco for the last three decades. She writes regularly for such publications Smithsonian, Atlas Obscura, Conde Nast Traveler, and VIA, and…