Anna Barto's writing has appeared in Transitions Abroad, Artist-at-Large,
Developingwords.org, Another Day in Paradise, and Zócalo Literary Quarterly. She is currently an MFA student at Emerson College.

Adam is a writer, teacher, and conservationist working at the nexus between human kind and the spaces we inhabit. Having just begun a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies at UC, Santa Cruz, and with a B.A. in Natural History/Latin American Studies from Carleton College and a M.S. in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana, Adam has long sought an interdisciplinary understanding of the complex interactions between "nature" and society. Deep... Read More...

Anna Brones is a freelance writer with a love for travel. She has a BA in International Relations and French Studies and has lived in Sweden, France, Guadeloupe and the Pacific Northwest. Her work has been featured in Transitions Abroad, Pology, Green Mama, Matador Travel, and Traveler’s Tales upcoming A Women’s World Again. Currently she is working on travel guide projects with Side Step and Nile Project. Her future plans include pursuing a ... Read More...

Ryan Daniels is a freelance travel and music journalist based in New York City. His work has taken him for a ride on the Trans-Siberian Railroad and overland through the Sahara Desert. His words can be found online and in print. Visit his blog for more info: http://ryandaniels.blogspot.com/

New York-based freelance writer Carly Blatt has extensively traveled, studied and worked abroad, covering 23 countries on five continents. Her travel adventures include swimming in Antarctica, bungee jumping in New Zealand, paragliding in the Alps, caving in Belize, mountain boarding in Colorado, camping with locals in the Australian Outback, and helping confused-looking tourists find their way in Manhattan. She has also written for Student Trave... Read More...

David Miller has published nonfiction, fiction, and poetry in a variety of newspapers, alternative weeklies, and literary magazines including Mountain Gazette, Boulder Weekly, 34th Parallel, and Poetica. Chief among his goals as Editor of Matador Travel is to publish stories that, while rooted in particular places and cultures, resonate with people everywhere.

Eva Holland is a historical researcher and freelance writer living in Ottawa, Canada. She studied at the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, before completing an MA in Imperial History at the University of Durham in northern England. She blogs about travel for World Hum and Vagablogging, and her writing has appeared in The Ottawa Citizen, The Edmonton Journal, and Matador Travel.

From Santa Barbara to Alaska's interior, Elizabeth is a lifelong resident of the Pacific Coast. She currently makes her home in the Italian/Chinese neighborhood of San Francisco where she writes about travel, the environment, food, sustainable farming, and culinary traditions. Aside from these pages, her work has appeared in Edible Shasta-Butte. She has recently begun a collaboration with a chef on a cookbook about spices.

Erin Granat is a perpetual traveler, adventurer, and general-mischief-and-glamor-seeker. To fund her (mis)adventures to places such as Madrid, Mexico, and Melbourne, Erin works as a freelance writer and the host/creator of ERIN 411!, a travel vBlog. Her articles on music, travel, dating, and other essential subjects can be seen in Rolling Stone, RLiFE Magazine, Washoe Family Magazine, Reno News & Review, and many more. ... Read More...

Nigerian-born Lola Akinmade’s photography and travel writing are characterized by vibrancy and hope. Obtaining a Masters (MSc) degree in Information Systems from the University of Maryland with a solid background in Geography, she currently specializes in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and her affinity for the geosciences and maps meant she was born to travel. She has written articles and features for Ariztos Magazine, World Hope, Eco-Ch... Read More...

James Workman, a Yale and Oxford honors graduate, began as an award-winning political and business reporter in Washington, DC before being recruited as a Special Assistant to U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt. He focused on Clinton Administration communications, policy papers and speeches on wildland fire, endangered species, climate change, forestry, and dam removal. Moving to Africa in 2000, Workman helped a small team write the landmark Re... Read More...

Jennifer Sarah Frota was born in El Centro, California in 1963. A freelance writer, translator, muralist, musician,and mother, she currently resides in Natal, Brazil. Her translations of Brazilian poetry have been published in various anthologies, and her own original poetry has appeared in the literary journals Letterbox, DUSIE press # 5, and Sibila.

Jennifer received her MFA in Writing for Children from Spalding University, and her MA in Psychology from San Jose State University. Her short story series, Tonics, appears in the spring/summer/fall/winter 2007 issues of The First Line , and she was among the top ten winners in Per Contra Magazine’s 2007 short story contest. As a travel writer, she is a frequent contributor to Matador Travel, Pology, TangoDiva and IntraTravel among others. When... Read More...

Katharine Mitchell lives in Beijing, where she works as an
international school 'journalist' at the Western Academy of Beijing.
She holds a MFA in Fiction from the University of Montana and a MA in
Literature from the University of Mississippi. Current projects
include writing a series of essays about her former boyfriend, a
Chinese clown, as well as a book about a group of women from Jiangsu
Province.

Lauren is an assistant and English teacher at an alternative university in Poland that works with underprivileged youth. She has a degree in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her writing has appeared on Matador Travel and The CommonLine Project.

Mei-Ling is a writer, advocacy journalist, and international development worker, she is currently authoring a new travel guidebook to Senegal with Bradt Travel Guides. Her articles have been featured in various publications including Travelers’ Tales, Matador Travel, IRIN, Written Road, AlertNet, and IndyMedia. Her upcoming projects include co-hosting a new travel/conservation documentary film project in Asia in October 2007 and pursuing a M.A.... Read More...

Julie Schwietert Collazo is a writer, editor, researcher, and translator who lives in New York, Mexico City, and San Juan. She has a BA in English and Women's Studies, a Masters of Social Work, and is working on a PhD in Literature at the Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe. She is also a creative arts therapist. Recent work has included translations for the documentary "Punto de Vista" and the photographic exhibit, "La Boqui... Read More...

Scott Lothes (rhymes with "notice") has spent much of his life exploring railroads across the United States, particularly his native West Virginia, and, more recently, China and Japan. His love of industry, machinery, and transportation led him to a mechanical engineering degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, but a growing interest in their social, economical, and environmental impacts has spawned extensive independent s... Read More...

Richard McColl is a British freelance journalist, expedition guide and social projects coordinator based in South America. For over five years he has been wandering the continent filing stories and leading people into the Amazon (and out again) and up and down the Inca Trail. Holding a degree in modern languages French and Spanish from Exeter University, UK has helped him out of sticky situations all over the big continent to far corners of Fren... Read More...

Tim Patterson has slept in haunted houses in Cambodia, in the engine compartment of a slow boat on the Mekong River in Laos, among baboons and elephants at the bottom of Ngorongoro Crater, atop a mountain pass in Bhutan, and under a bush in Hokkaido after his tent exploded during a typhoon. His travel writing focuses on off-beat destinations, long-term travel, cultural awareness and environmentally conscious tourism, and has appeared in print med... Read More...