guidebooks Archive

Jason Frye: Carolinas Specialist, Author, and Freelancer

Jason Frye is a veteran travel and food writer that we first interviewed on this travel writing blog almost a decade ago. He is the author of several Moon Travel Guides, including Moon North

An Interview with Carolyn Heller

Carolyn Heller has written four travel guidebooks, co-authored several others, and contributed to an additional 50+ travel titles. She also freelances for publications ranging from Travel + Leisure to Lonely Planet to the Forbes

Dannelle Gay, the Travel Writer Wearing Multiple (Cheese) Hats

I thought I was spinning a lot of plates in the air until I ran into Wisconsin-based Dannelle Gay at various travel writing conferences and started feeling like a slacker in comparison. She’s the

A Conversation with Marco Ferrarese, Author and Travel Writer

Did you hear the one about the Italian living in Malaysia who was writing in English and got stranded in Peru during the Pandemic? It’s not a joke: that would be Marco Ferrarese, a

Smithsonian, BBC, NPR – Laura Kiniry on Freelancing for Elite Publications

Laura Kiniry is an award-winning freelance journalist specializing in travel, food, culture, and the outdoors. She has gotten bylines in some of the most prestigious and well-respected publications a travel writer could dream of