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Travel Classics Alumni News
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Karen Bannan, Massapequa, NY (2002) kbannan@optonline.net Since
last year's Travel Classics, Karen has sold a story about Jones Beach
at Night to Coastal Living, a story about Niagara Falls to Woman's Day,
and an assigned profile to Islands Weddings and Honeymoons.
Katharine Fletcher (96-2003) chesley@allstream.net Katherine is a travel and environmental columnist, and features writer for American and
Canadian magazines and newspapers. She won the 2003 Ottawa Tourism Media Award, which recognizes a journalist's exceptional
stories on Ottawa and Canada's Capital Region (Nov, 2003), and won a certificate of merit from the Quebec Community Newspaper
Association (May 2003) for her environment columns. Author of five guidebooks and an anthology contributor for Michelin (Green
Guide Canada), she writes regularly for Distinction, Travel Canada, Ottawa Life, Ottawa City, City Woman, Forever Young, and
Capital Parent. She contributes to Yankee, The Washingtonian, Elegant Wedding, Wine Spirits Quarterly, The Dallas Morning
News, The Ottawa Citizen, and Pages.
Margie Goldsmith, NYC (99-2003) mgoldsmith@mgproductions.com A previous winner of the Travel Classics Writer's Contest, Margie writes about adventure, spas, and luxury destinations. She is a contributing editor of Elite Traveler Magazine, and, as a result of the Travel Classics Writers Conference, has written for National Geographic Traveler, Yankee, Modern Bride, Dallas
Morning News, Baltimore Sun, Distinction, and LINKS. She has also written for The New York Times, The New York Post, ISLANDS, American Spa, Healing Lifestyles, The Miami Herald, Tennis, SpaFinder, and Chief Executive. Margie is a published novelist (Screw-Up, Berkley Press) and her essays appear in Travelers Tales, The
Walker Within, and In Search of Adventure.
http://www.mgproductions.com
Yvonne Jeffery, Calgary AB Canada (6 Travel Classics Conferences) yvonne@summitword.com A Travel Classics Writers Contest winner, Yvonne specializes in travel and lifestyle feature writing, including adventure, learning
and literary travel (having explored the worlds of Winnie-the-Pooh and Peter Rabbit, she is about to travel to Prince Edward Island, home to Anne of Green
Gables). She is a regular contributor to CanWest newspapers, American Profile and Fifty-Five Plus, and, thanks to Travel Classics Conferences, has placed
articles with such outlets as The Dallas Morning News, National Geographic Traveler, Distinction and Mountain Living. On another note, her home repair title,
The Everything Fix-It Book, will be an August 2004 release from Adams Media.
Judith Kirkwood, Madison, WI (1996-2003) jkirkwood1@compuserve.com Judith has sold articles to Arthur Frommer's
Budget Travel and Dallas Morning News as a result of the 2002 conference.
She has also placed work with More, Robb Report, Distinction, American Way,
National Geographic Traveler, Discover, and Country Living as a result of
past conferences. Her most recent articles are on a healthy vacation to
Pritikin Longevity Center for New York Post and on London walks in Journeys
magazine.
Christine Koubek, North Potomac, MD (2002 and 2003) ckoubek@comcast.net Christine writes frequently about
cruising, family travel, and events-from the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta to
Saratoga's August racing season. As a result of attending two Travel
Classics conferences, her work has appeared in Arthur Frommer's Budget
Travel, The Dallas Morning News, Modern Bride, and The Washingtonian. She has also written numerous pieces for The Washington Post Travel section, and is the author of Friends, Cliques, and Peer Pressure - Be True to Yourself (Enslow
Publishers, 2002).
Athena F. Lucero, Sierra Madre, CA athenalucero@earthlink.net (6 Travel
Classics Conferences). Athena writes about history and culture, soft
adventure, festivals and things off the beaten path. She has written stories
for Distinction, More, Romantic Homes, Modern Maturity, Mountain Living and Copley News Service. She has most recently returned from an eco-tour of Mexico's
Copper Canyon and celebrating festival life in Quebec City and Montreal.
Karen Misuraca, Sonoma, CA (8 Travel Classics conferences),
kmworld@vom.com New books in 2004: 5th edition of
Fun w/the Family in Northern California; 2nd edition of Insiders Yosemite. In the works: Backroads of the California Wine Country. New in 2003: The 100 Best Golf Resorts of the Year and Our San Francisco. A golf and
travel writer, Karen's foreign expeditions in 2004 will include Jordan and Switzerland.
Harriet Modler, Pacific Palisades, CA (5 Travel Classic Conferences), harrietmod@aol.com writes about gaming destinations and general travel, with recent stories in Distinction, City and Shore, and The Dallas Morning News. Among other markets have been the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, Westways and Cinefantastique. She is also a specialist in meetings
and conventions destinations, writing for The Meeting Professional, Association Meetings and Corporate Meetings and Incentives.
Hilary Nangle, Waldoboro, ME
(2004-2005) Since the November 2004 Travel Classics conference, Hilary Nangle has sold articles to American Style, Art & Antiques, Four Seasons and Westways, as well as AAA Northern New England Journey Ski, Ski Press and Yankee. She's also written for Budget Travel, Elegant Wedding, New England Travel and Life, Straad and Where to Retire as well as newspapers. She authored the second edition of Moon Handbooks Coastal Maine (Spring 2005), and is currently researching new editions of Moon Handbooks Acadia National Park (slated for Spring 2006) and Moon Handbooks Maine (slated for Spring 2007). In 2003, she won the North American Snowsports Journalists Association's Harold Hirsch award for magazine writing. Hilary is a member of ASJA and SATW, and appears regularly on Maine's Portland-based NBC affiliate as a travel expert.
Cleo Paskal, Montreal, Canada (2002) me@cleopaskal.com. Cleo's
embarrassing moonlighting in TV finally caught up with her. In a very
big way. A show she wrote, "Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within", won the
Emmy for Outstanding Nonfiction Series. The competition was: "The
Osbournes", "Antiques Roadshow", "Trading Spaces", and "Da Ali G Show". She
is as confused about it as you are. However, at the current exchange
rate, she figures her 15 minutes of fame are worth at least 22
minutes in Canada.
Bethanne Kelly Patrick, Arlington, VA bkpatrick@aol.com (02) has moved. Her new contact
information is 6827 North 28th Street, Arlington, VA, telephone 703.241.0741. Bethanne's work will appear this fall in Yankee, Cooking Light, and Details. During the past year she was promoted to Editor-at-Large of PAGES magazine. Her Web site, bkpatrick.com, will be up and running in
October 2003.
Trish Riley, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (1999). A member of the ASJA and SEJ, Trish specializes in Florida, Family Travel, Environmental and Health Issues. Her work has also been published in E, the environmental magazine, The Miami Herald, South Florida Parenting, Family Life, Palm Beach Post's First Sunday, and many custom publications. Currently she's touring Florida as hotel inspector for the Unofficial Guide to Florida.
Heidi Schuessler, Seattle, WA (2000-2001) New email: heidianna2@hotmail.com Specialized in travel, business and technology. Contributing editor to Travel Holiday magazine, frequent contributor to the "Circuits" section of the New York Times. Other clients included Sunset Magazine,
Travel and Leisure, Town and Country, and Travel + Life. In February 2003
became full-time Managing Editor of Sasquatch Books in Seattle, so very
little time for freelancing these days.
Sharon Spence, Santa Fe, NM (2001) sharonspence@cs.com Because of attending
Travel Classics in November 2001, Sharon sold a story to Travel & Life called "Confessions of a Wild Woman". That became part of a portfolio of work that
enabled her to win the Grand Prize as TRAVEL WRITER OF THE YEAR 2002, from
North American Travel Journalists Association.
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