authors

  • Ken Lovering

    Ken Lovering has lived in the Boston area for over 20 years. He watched his hometown transform into a great walking city as its elevated expressway was banished underground, making way for the new Rose Kennedy Greenway. Ken is a Solas Award-winning writer and has contributed to many travel publications. He is the owner and…

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  • Liesbet Collaert

    Liesbet Collaert is a freelance writer from Belgium. She traveled all her life, and currently enjoys cruising the Caribbean with her family on the 35-foot sailing catamaran Irie. She spent four months in St. Martin, enjoying the unique atmosphere of Marigot, Philipsburg and the rest of the island. From Liesbet:TOUR WITHOUT GETTING LOST, BEING RUDE,…

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  • Julia Drake

    Born into a family of globetrotters, Julia Drake left her home in Germany to study film and screenwriting in Los Angeles. During her career as a filmmaker, she wrote, directed and produced award-winning shorts and features. This intrepid traveler now devotes her cinematic pen and eye to a global hunt for hot trends, hidden roads,…

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  • Suzanne Hogsett

    Suzanne is a self-confessed travel addict and world explorer who has ventured into 49 states and 110 countries. She has authored two travel books, taught a wide array of travel classes, and created customized itineraries for 22 years. She also journeyed extensively as a tour guide and is passionate about photography.

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  • Ruth Ann Angus

    Ruth Ann Angus is a freelance writer/photographer specializing in travel, eco-tourism, nature, agriculture, folk music, and historical articles. She has contributed thousands of photos and features to local, regional and national publications. Ruth Ann also works with the National Estuary Program, designs and guides specialized nature tours, and is the publicity director for the Morro…

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  • Stacey Wittig

    Stacey Wittig is a freelance writer based in Flagstaff, Arizona. Her hiking adventures have led her up the Inca Trail in Peru eating fried caterpillars and roasted guinea pig, across the plains of northern Spain on El Camino de Santiago enjoying tapas and steamed barnacles, and through the vineyards of Cinque Terre sipping Chianti Classico.…

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  • Jim Burgett

    Jim Burgett is an author, speaker, and former school superintendent, who currently provides professional development services to schools and businesses. He is also a frequent traveler. Jim has visited Branson, Missouri more than a dozen times with relatives and friends, and considers it one of the best places to take your family.

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  • Marcelo Mackinnon

    Marcelo Mackinnon has been working for the past 10 years as a tour guide in Chile’s central valley area – Santiago, Valparaiso, and Vi’a del Mar. He also knows his way around nearby countries such as Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Buzios, et cetera). Marcelo currently resides in Santiago, and speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese. From…

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  • Maria Liberati

    Celebrity Chef Maria Liberati is the author of the Gourmand World Award Winning Book series The Basic Art of Italian Cooking, as well as the award winning BLOG of the same name recently selected as Culinary Travel Blog of the Year by the NYTWS. Maria writes her books at her country farm in the mountains…

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  • Pamela Watson

    Pamela Watson is a freelance writer with over 400 articles published in national and regional magazines and newspapers. She is the author/co-author of four travel guides and a contributing writer for an online magazine. Southern by choice, Pamela lives on the Florida Gulf Coast.

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