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WDTRAVEL WRITERS Alison DaRosa

Alison DaRosa is a six-time winner of the Lowell Thomas Gold Award for travel writ-
ing, the most prestigious prize in travel journalism. She served 15 years as Travel
Editor of the San Diego Union-Tribune and was the award-winning editor of the San
Diego News Network Travel Page. Alison writes a monthly Travel Deals column for
the San Diego Union-Tribune and is a regular freelance contributor to the travel sec-
tions of the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and AOL Travel.
Carl H. Larsen

Carl H. Larsen is a veteran journalist based in San Diego. He now focuses on travel
writing, and is summoned to pull out his notebook whenever there’s the plaintive cry
of a steam locomotive nearby. In San Diego, he is a college-extension instructor who
has led courses on the Titanic and the popular TV series “Downton Abbey.”

Judy & Len Garrison

Judy is the editor of Georgia Connector Magazine and Peach State Publications as
well as a freelance writer/photographer/traveler for national/international publica-
tions including Deep South Magazine, Interval Magazine, Simply Buckhead, US Airways
Magazine, Southern Hospitality Traveler and has a bi-monthly blog in Blue Ridge
Country’s online edition. She and Len own Seeing Southern,L.L.C., a documentary
photography company.
Wibke Carter

German-born Wibke Carter has lived in New Zealand and New York, and presently
enjoys life, love and laughter in London. Her work has appeared in The Globe and Mail,

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The San Francisco Chronicle, BInspired Magazine,The Independent and more. When not
traveling, she is trying to tame her two cats and improve her DIY skills

Michael Burge

Michael Burge is an award-winning journalist who worked for many years as an as-
sistant metro editor and senior writer for The San Diego Union-Tribune. Michael and his
wife, Kathleen, have logged countless miles visiting adult children in Asia and Scotland.
The couple met as Peace Corps volunteers in Kenya, so they have no one to blame
but themselves for their globe-trotting offspring.

Sharon Whitley Larsen

Sharon Whitley Larsen’s work has appeared in numerous publications, including Los
Angeles Times Magazine, U-T San Diego, Reader’s Digest (and 19 international editions),
Creators Syndicate, and several “Chicken Soup for the Soul” editions. She’s been
lucky to attend a private evening champagne reception in Buckingham Palace to
celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, to dine with best-selling author Diana
Gabaldon in the Scottish Highlands, and hike with a barefoot Aborigine in the Austra-
lian Outback.

Margie Goldsmith

Margie Goldsmith is a NYC-based author, writer and photographer who has explored
134 countries on seven continents. She has won dozens of awards including the pres-
tigious Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Gold Award. She has written over 1,000 ar-
ticles for Robb Report, Travel + Leisure, Business Jet Traveler, American Way, Hemispheres,
Wall Street Journal, Globe and Mail.

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