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WDTRAVEL WRITERS

Ron James

Ron James is the "wine, food and travel guy." He is a nationally award-winning print
and online journalist, graphic designer, television producer and radio personality.
The native Californian's nationally syndicated wine and food columns have appeared
in newspapers and magazines around the world. Ron is founder and co-publisher of
Wine Dine & Travel Magazine.

Mary James

Mary Hellman James is an award-winning San Diego journalist and editor. After a
29-year-career with the San Diego Union-Tribune, she currently is a freelance garden
writer and a columnist for San Diego Home-Garden/Lifestyles magazine and co-pub-
lisher and editor of this magazine.

Priscilla Lister

Priscilla Lister is a longtime journalist in her native San Diego. She has covered many
subjects over the years, but travel is her favorite. Her work, including photography,
has appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Alaska Airlines’ magazine
and numerous other publications throughout the U.S. and Canada. She is the author of
“Take a Hike: San Diego County,” a comprehensive hiking guide to 260 trails in amazing
San Diego County.
Maribeth Mellin

Maribeth Mellin is an award-winning journalist whose travel articles have appeared
in Endless Vacation Magazine, U-T San Diego and Dallas Morning News among others.
She also travels and writes for several websites including CNN Travel, Concierge.com
and Zagat, and has authored travel books on Peru, Argentina, Costa Rica, Mexico,
Hawaii and California.

Amy Laughinghouse

London-based writer and photographer Amy Laughinghouse has attempted to over-
come her fears (and sometimes basic common sense) through her adventures in 30
countries around the world. She dishes on the perks and perils of globetrotting for
publications like LonelyPlanet.com, AAA Journey Magazine, Virtuoso Life, and The Dallas
Morning News. Her travel tales can also be found on her website, www.amylaughing-
house.com.

Jody Jaffe & John Muncie

Jody and John are award-winning journalists and novelists. John is a Lowell Thomas
Award-Winner and was feature editor of the San Diego Union-Tribune, arts editor of
The Baltimore Sun and writer-editor-columnist for the travel department of The Los
Angeles Times. Jody was a journalist at the Charlotte Observer, where she was on a
team that won the Pulitzer Prize. Her articles have been published in many publica-
tions including The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. They live on a farm in
Lexington, Va.

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