ELEANOR BERMAN is an award-winning writer whose travels
have taken her to 61 countries and six continents. She is the author of six
non-fiction books and 12 travel guides, including a guidebook series, "Away for
the Weekend." Her articles have appeared recently in Travel & Leisure, Robb
Report, Ladies’ Home Journal, Bridal Guide, Washingtonian, Diversion, the Miami
Herald, the Boston Globe, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the Bergen Record.
ROBERT W. BONE has been a travel writer for more than
30 years. His articles and photographs have appeared in U.S. and foreign books,
magazines and newspapers. He is the author of several travel books including
"The Maverick Guide to Hawaii." He started his travel writing career as senior
writer for Temple Fielding, called by Time magazine the "guru of modern travel."
SOPHIA DEMBLING is an award-winning travel writer based
in Dallas, Texas. Formerly assistant travel editor and travel columnist for The
Dallas Morning News, her travel writing has appeared in The Los Angeles Times,
Seattle Times, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Miami Herald, New Orleans
Times-Picayune, Newsday, Walking, Weight Watchers, Delta Sky, American Way,
Texas Journey, Bride’s and other publications. Her work also has been
anthologized in several books in the Travelers’ Tales series.
KAREN HAMMOND, the author of two books and former
journalism professor at SUNY-Binghamton, has written about Europe, Bermuda,
Canada and the United States for national newspapers and magazines. Her articles
have been published in Yoga Journal, Wine Spectator, Weight Watchers, Woman's
Day and Family Life. She lives on the coast of Maine.
MELISSA BURDICK HARMON is the former travel editor of
“Biography Magazine.” She has visited, and written about, all seven continents.
SUSAN LADIKA's articles have appeared in The Wall
Street Journal-Europe, Town & Country, TWA Ambassador, The Economist, U.S. News
& World Report, Science, ArtNews, the Chicago Tribune, the San Francisco
Chronicle, the Tampa Tribune, and elsewhere. Now based in Florida, she lived in
Europe for seven years, where she worked as an editor for the Associated Press
and as a free-lance writer.
BETSA MARSH, author of "The Eccentric Traveler: A World
of Curious Adventures," was named the Mark Twain Travel Writer of the Year 2002
by the Midwest Travel Writers Association. Her work has appeared in McCall’s,
Islands, American Way and Midwest Living, as well as USA TODAY, the Dallas
Morning News, Toronto Star, San Antonio Express-News, Charlotte Observer,
Oregonian, Columbus Dispatch, Cleveland Plain Dealer and Des Moines Register.
She is the weekly travel columnist for the Cincinnati Enquirer.
JOHN H. OSTDICK, former Editor in Chief of
award-winning American Way magazine, has wriiten for the Dallas Morning News,
the Robb Report, Delta Sky, Hemispheres, Texas Parks & Wildlife, Arthur
Frommer's Budget Travel and Southwest Airlines' Spirit.
KURT REPANSHEK has written for National Geographic
Traveler, Audubon, Sunset and Hemispheres as well as for many newspapers
including the Denver Post and the New Orleans Times-Picayune. He is the author
of “America’s National Parks for Dummies, ” “Hidden Utah” and “Hidden Salt Lake
City & Beyond.” He lives in Park City, Utah.
JEFF ROVIN is a New York Times best-selling novelist
whose books include “Vespers,” “Fatalis,” “Tom Clancy’s Op-Center” series,
“Stealth War” and the military thriller, “Tempest Down,” which was published in
March 2004.
JOAN SCOBEY, Senior Contributing Editor, has covered
travel and food in Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia, India, the Mideast, South
America, Australia, the Pacific and North America. Her articles have appeared in
leading magazines and newspapers, among them Travel + Leisure, American Way,
Bride's, Diversion, Food Arts, Travel Holiday, The Boston Globe, Chicago
Sun-Times, Dallas Morning News, The Miami Herald, The Minneapolis Star Tribune,
The New York Post, San Francisco Examiner, and Copley News Service. She has
written five cook books.
AMY STONE’s articles on Southeast Asia, Japan, Israel
and the United States have appeared in The Bangkok Post, The Baltimore Sun and
other newspapers. She was formerly Associate Producer for ABC News’ 20/20. She
has lived in Thailand and Israel as well as on both coasts of the United States.
CLAIRE WALTER is an award-winning Colorado-based
writer, specializing in travel, winter sports and food. She is a frequent
contributor to SUNSET and SKIP PRESS and the author of more than a dozen books
including "Snowshoeing Colorado," "Rocky Mountain Skiing," "The Berlitz Handbook
to Skiing the Alps" and "Culinary Colorado."
CHRISTINA ZAROBE, an award-winning travel and food
writer, has written for a variety of publications, including the Christian
Science Monitor, the Toronto Star, the Detroit Free Press, the Australian,
Copley News Service, the St. Petersburg Times, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and
Stars and Stripes-Europe. She worked as a journalist in Italy, Germany, Texas,
Hawaii, New Jersey and Detroit. She is now based outside Boston.