About Our Authors
Hunter Publishing is pleased to present a talented group of authors. Among them are seasoned journalists, educators, veteran world travelers, corporate deserters now pursuing their dreams, and "first-timers." Though from diverse backgrounds, they all share a passion for writing, a zest for travel, in-depth, firsthand knowledge of their subject matter, and a supreme desire to share it all with you, their readers.
If you are an experienced writer with an idea for a travel guide, please do contact us. Our family of authors is constantly growing! E-mail your suggestions to our editing office at: Comments@HunterPublishing.com.
Barbara Radcliffe Rogers/Stillman Rogers
Stillman (Tim) and Barbara Rogers spent their honeymoon in the Atlantic Provinces and have been returning ever since to camp, hike, kayak and play in the snow.
Barbara and Tim have written books about African safaris, the Galapagos Islands, Portugal, exploring the rivers and seas of Europe, and their native New England. Their magazine and newspaper columns have described climbing a volcano on the back of a camel, canoeing the Potomac River, piloting a houseboat on England's canals, learning to drive a dog team, and searching remote islands of Japan for hot springs. Exotic, to the Rogerses, is all in your perspective. They find a lion in the African bush no more exciting than being in the middle of a caribou herd in Newfoundland or looking a Fundy whale straight in the eye. Adventure is where you find it, and they find plenty in eastern Canada.
Books available by this author:
CANADA'S ATLANTIC PROVINCES TRAVEL ADVENTURES, 4th Ed-Nova Scotia/Prince Edward/Cape Breton
Barry Boyce
Barry Boyce has a graduate degree in physiological psychology (brain
research, specifically how the brain functions during the learning process).
Although he drifted out of the academic community and spent over 15 years in
technical marketing, natural history (especially of the Galapagos), has been
a constant outside interest. In 1989, Barry had the opportunity to sell his
portion of a technical manufacturing firm, which then capitalized his plans
for the Galapagos Travel writing, publishing and tour operations. his book,
A Traveler's Guide to the Galapagos Islands, was written out of a
perceived necessity. While there are several other books on the Galapagos,
they are either of the coffee-table or descriptive variety. Boyce's book is
the only one written from the traveler's perspective - "Tell me everything I
need to know about getting there, including all the various touring options,
what to bring, etc." Thus, what Boyce did was to write the first "How To"
travel guide to the islands.
Books available by this author:
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS-A Traveler's Guide, 4th Edition
Blair Howard
Blair Howard was bitten by the travel bug more than 30 years ago when,
during a stint in the Royal Air Force, he spent a year in paradise on a tiny
island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. From there, his travels have taken
him to the Far East, North Africa, across most of Europe, to the islands of
the West Indies, the Bahamas, Bermuda and to almost every state in the
Union. With camera in hand, he wandered from one location to another,
finally settling in a small rural town in Tennessee. But there's no cure for
wanderlust. Today, after many miles on the road - and some 260 magazine
articles and nine books - he's still at it, visiting and revisiting his
favorite spots.
Books available by this author:
BERMUDA ADVENTURE GUIDE, 4th Edition
BAHAMAS, TURKS & CAICOS ADVENTURE GUIDE, 4th Edition
Bruce & June Conord
Bruce and June Conord have been travel hounds for years, but Mexico kept luring them back with its charm and beauty. They collaborate on a monthly travel column.
Bruce has written numerous magazine articles as well as three biographies for children and young adults. He graduated Rutgers University and studied Spanish at Forester Instituto in Costa Rica.
June was born in Plymouth, England and spent part of her childhood in a picturesque fishing village in Cornwall. She attended Plymouth Art College before emigrating to the United States. Together their travels have taken them to 15 different countries around the world, but they always come home to New Jersey.
Books available by this author:
CANCUN, COZUMEL & THE-RIVIERA MAYA ALIVE!, 4th Edition
YUCATAN POCKET ADVENTURES
COSTA RICA POCKET ADVENTURES, 2nd Edition
Bryan Fryklund & Jen Reeder
Bryan Fryklund and Jen Reeder have been writing and traveling together since they graduated with English degrees from Syracuse University in 1994. Nomadic by nature, they have lived in Hawaii (Maui and the Big Island), Australia, Taiwan, California, Washington, DC, Seattle, New Orleans and Durango, Colorado, their home base on the mainland. They have traveled extensively in Mexico, Central and South America, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. They moved back to Hawaii after Hurricane Katrina blew them out of New Orleans, and currently reside in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island.
Books available by this author:
HAWAII: THE BIG ISLAND TRAVEL ADVENTURES, 2nd Edition
Chelle Koster Walton
My relationship with adventure began when I jumped out of an airplane at 3,000 feet while in college. My relationship with Florida began also in college - on spring break. After kicking around the Caribbean awhile, I moved sight unseen to Sanibel Island. I spent days in the sun, nights working at McT's Shrimp House, back when it was a family-run place. I learned to scuba dive and got to pet a manatee.
Eventually, I moved towards my goal to be a travel writer. I became contributing editor for Caribbean Travel & Life magazine. I am fascinated by Caribbean culture, and much of my writing focuses on the islands' art, music, food, festivals, and customs.
My Caribbean research culminated in a book, Caribbean Ways: A Culture Guide. I later wrote Florida guidebooks: The Gulf Coast of Florida Book, Florida Island Hopping, Frommer's Best Beach vacations: Florida, and Florida Family Adventure Guide.
When I lived in Minnesota, I used to say: "How can my ship come in when I'm so far from the water?" Now I'm surrounded by sea, and I'm riding that ship on an adventure called life.
Books available by this author:
TAMPA BAY & FLORIDA'S WEST COAST-ADVENTURE GUIDE 4th Edition
Cindy Kilgore & Alan Moore
Cindy Kilgore and Alan Moore met and married on Bequia, one of the Grenadines, seven years ago. Ever since, they have been spending their winters there and on the neighboring islands. Alan is a professional tour guide. Cindy is a writer and photographer. Together, they have explored every aspect of Grenada, St. Vincent & the Grenadines living among the aboriginal whalermen, sailing with the locals in their handbuilt schooners and dinghies, teaching about wildlife in the public schools that have made them like "family" with many of the island residents.
Books available by this author:
GRENADA, ST. VINCENT & -THE GRENADINES ADVENTURE GUIDE-2nd Edition
Don & Marjorie Young
Don Young has written professionally since he was a teenager. Starting first as a reporter for weekly and daily newspapers, he has worked both radio and television, edited award-winning magazines and served as a public relations executive for two Fortune 500 companies. His work has appeared in many of the nation's foremost periodicals, and he has authored a dozen books on topics ranging from business management to the treatment of sleeping disorders.
Marjorie taught elementary school children how to write for 20 years. She is currently practicing what she preached all those years. Her work has appreared in New Mexico Magazine, Bed & Breakfast Locator, The Appraisers Standard, Global Golfer, and a number of other publications throughout the country.
Books available by this author:
ICELAND ADVENTURE GUIDE
Emma Jones
Emma Jones spent her early years hiking, rock-climbing and caving among the mountains of the Brecon Beacons National Park in South Wales, where she was born and raised. Since then, her love of adventure has taken her to France, Japan, Canada and now Italy, where she has fallen under the spell of the laidback lifestyle and the fine gastronomy of Florence.
A professional travel writer, Emma has written about anything and everything, from London canals, luxury Hong Kong breaks, trekking around Iceland and tennis holidays in the Algarve, but specifically concentrating on France, Italy, Spain and Asia.
Books available by this author:
TUSCANY & UMBRIA ADVENTURE GUIDE
Gunilla von Post
Gunilla von Post was born into the Swedish aristocracy in 1932. Today she divides her time between Palm Beach, Florida, and a villa in Switzerland. She has two daughters, a son, and several grandchildren.
Books available by this author:
LOVE, JACK
Joanie Sánchez
Joanie Sánchez developed her interest in traveling and adventure in childhood, when, thanks to her mother's employment with American Airlines, she was able to take advantage of the benefits of air travel. In addition to traveling all over the United States, and to numerous countries throughout the world, she spent a lot of time visiting, learning about, and exploring Mexico, her father's country. Tales of Veracruz (a childhood residence of her father) inspired her to learn about, explore, and write about its natural beauties.
Joanie was born in Winchester, Massachusetts and currently resides in the United States. She spends every chance she can visiting family in Mexico and Texas, and adventuring by bike and on foot. She is a graduate of Yale University. The Adventure Guide to Mexico's Gulf Coast is her first book.
Books available by this author:
MEXICO'S GULF COAST-ADVENTURE GUIDE
K.C. Nash
K.C. Nash is a professional travel writer with years of experience in writing feature stories for magazines and newspapers. She lives in Antigua, one of the Leeward Islands, and frequently travels throughout the region to explore new developments and share them with her readers.
Before moving to Antigua in 2005, K.C. lived in the East Bay area of San Francisco, and served as a special sections editor and feature writer for the Contra Costa Times newspaper chain. She also contributed articles to Diablo Magazine, an award-winning regional publication based in the East Bay. Most recently, she has been a contributor to the Caribbean Edge website, and now hosts her own site, www.leewardislands.net, where she will be posting updated travel information on a continuous basis.
Books available by this author:
LEEWARD ISLAND ADVENTURE GUIDE 3rd Ed-Anguilla, Antigua, St. Barts, St. Kitts & St. Martin
Kimberly Rinker
Having lived and worked in Switzerland, Kimberly Rinker is familiar with unique and out-of-the-way spots known only to locals. She has been writing for 20 years and is a published author. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications, including The Chicago Tribune, Prepared Foods, The Pompano Pelican, Sports Eye and Avenue M.
Books available by this author:
SWITZERLAND ADVENTURE GUIDE
Krista Dana
A native of southern California, Krista followed the sun to residencies in Europe, Asia and Salt Lake City, Utah. Along the way she wrestled cocktails from thieving primates in Kenya, drifted on a broken-down boat among the Indonesian Islands, and raced Chinese school children to the top of The Great Wall. An avid skier and hiker, she has explored terrain ranging from Switzerlands Matterhorn to South Koreas Muju Mountain. When not basking in the glow of her computer monitor, Krista now plays in the dirt and snow near her current home in southern Germany.
Krista has written over 800 travel features, hotel reviews and destination guides. She specializes in ski and adventure travel in Europe and the Alps. Krista holds a masters degree in Cross-Cultural Human Relations.
Books available by this author:
THE ALPS POCKET ADVENTURES
Larry H. Ludmer
Larry has had a 30-year romance with travel. The scenic wonders of the American West are among his favorite places. Before he began writing, he used other travel guides and found them to be unsatisfactory. He found this to be especially true of the most popular series, such as Fodor's, which has page after page on how to pack your suitcase but little "hard" sightseeing information. "I always thought that I could do better," says Ludmer, "so I decided to begin writing my own guides." He is now the author of 10 titles, with more in the planning stage. Larry's association with Hunter Publishing goes back to 1992 when he wrote the first edition of The Great American Wilderness: Touring America's National Parks. One of his other books, Cruising Alaska: A Passenger's Guide to the Ports of Call has been a popular title from the outset and is now in its fifth edition.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Larry lived for some time in New Jersey
before he could no longer resist the pull to head West. He now resides in
Henderson, Nevada.
Books available by this author:
CRUISING THE SOUTHERN & WESTERN CARIBBEAN-A Guide to the Ports of Call
Laura & Diane Rapp
Laura Rapp
While in school, Laura decided she wanted a career that
allowed her to travel. She focused her education on Hotel/Restaurant
Management and, upon graduating from Florida International University, took
a position as Purser with a major cruise line covering the Caribbean.
Answering the same questions about what to do on the islands again and again
was a challenge, but she was undaunted. She explored the islands in her time
off, and compiled an informative book containing ferry schedules, brochures
and other useful information. Passengers benefitted from her
efforts!
Diane Rapp
Diane has been a small business owner
for so many years that she is "hardcore unemployable."She first used her
writing skills as a cure for her insomnia, but began to take it more
seriously when her friends had such a positive reaction to her work. When
Laura's idea for a cruising guide became a reality, Diane agreed to help
research and write the book.
The schedule was arduous. (And no...
relaxing in the sun and drinking cocktails at four o'clock was not on their
list of things to do!) This mother-and-daughter team developed a strong
relationship while developing the book, getting to know each other afresh as
co-workers and friends.
Books available by this author:
CRUISING THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN-A Passenger's Guide to the Ports of Call-4th Edition
Lynne M Sullivan
The Caribbean Islands fascinate veteran travel writer Lynne Sullivan, and she spends several months each year hopping from one to another. As a result, the up-to-date information she passes on to readers in her Adventure Guides is backed by personal experience, and her recommendations fit the needs of travelers with varied interests, budgets and time constraints. When she isn't prowling about the islands, you will find her on the hiking the trails near her home in Sedona, Arizona.
Books available by this author:
VIRGIN ISLANDS ADVENTURE GUIDE-6th Edition
ARUBA, BONAIRE & CURACAO-ADVENTURE GUIDE, 2nd Edition
ST. MARTIN & ST. BARTS ADVENTURE GUIDE-2nd Edition
ST. LUCIA ADVENTURE GUIDE
ARUBA, BONAIRE & CURACAO POCKET ADVENTURES
ST. MARTIN & ST. BARTS POCKET ADVENTURES
Marissa Fabris
Marissa Fabris earliest Italian lessons came long before she was able to identify Italy on a globe, but it didnt take long for her compass to guide her toward all things Italian.
She first landed in Italy as an impressionable teenager on a study-abroad adventure and returned several times before she discovered the Veneto while accompanying her future husband on a trip to his familys hometown of Bassano del Grappa. Studying Italian and publishing led Marissa to work abroad as an interpreter, counselor, language teacher, journalist, author, speechwriter and editor. While living in Europe, she was able to discover many remote corners of Italy and the Veneto.
Marissa is an avid traveler who has been sharing her travel tales in some form for nearly a decade. Prior to writing her first travel guidebook, her work, including several articles on Northern Italy, appeared in various European publications.
Books available by this author:
VENICE & THE VENETO ADVENTURE GUIDE
Nicholas Gill
Nicholas Gill has written for newspapers, magazines, and websites on locations and subjects varying from Guinness beer to the bazaars of Marrakech to the temples at Angkor, Cambodia. He lived in Peru while he was writing this book, in Lima, Cuzco and in the Lima suburb of Chorrillos. He returns to Peru often and intends to continue exploring
and trying to understand this fascinating country as long as he lives.
Books available by this author:
PERU TRAVEL ADVENTURES 2nd Edition
Paris Permenter & John Bigley
John and Paris are professional travel writers and photographers specializing in the Caribbean. The team contribute travel articles and photographs to many top magazines and newspapers.
In addition to their four titles written for Hunter, they are the authors of Caribbean for Lovers, Gourmet Getaways: A Taste of North America's Top Resorts, Texas Getaways for Two, Day Trips from San Antonio and Austin, and Texas Barbecue, named Best Regional Guidebook by the Mid-America Publishers Association. The couple are frequent radio and TV talk show guests and have appeared on several travel shows. Both Paris and John are members of the prestigious Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) and the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). The husband-wife team reside in Texas Hill Country, near Austin.
Books available by this author:
JAMAICA ADVENTURE GUIDE-5th Edition
CAYMAN ISLANDS ADVENTURE GUIDE-3rd Edition
Sharon Hamblin
In 1990, Sharon Hamblin got her first taste of travel when she went to Europe for a traditional
coming-of-age backpacking trip across the continent. From then on, its been nonstop travel for the
California-born writer, who until recently, called Hawaii her home base. While working as a
waitress/restaurant manager in Kauai for 12 years, Hamblin continued to travel to exotic places starting
with a yearlong visit to New Zealand and Australia. Connections that she met in Sydney, Australia brought
her back to the country three more times for house-sitting stints. Between trips to Australia and
working in Hawaii, Hamblin traveled to Bali, Indonesia twice and back to Europe (mostly Paris) twice. The
frequent flier miles really added up with several trips to California and many trips to other Hawaiian
Islands. Over the years, she has written several freelance magazine and web-site articles about Hawaii,
food and wine, entertaining and smart traveling. Her first book, the Adventure Guide to Maui, was published
in 2006 and her next book, Adventure Guide to Honolulu, Waikiki & Oahu, is slated to be published in Fall
2008. She is currently working on a second edition of the Maui guide and has relocated to Northern California. Any plans to travel have been slightly hindered by the purchase of a miniature schnauzer puppy named Buttercup, but Hamblin still has an ongoing list of the places she wants to visit!
Books available by this author:
MAUI, MOLOKAI & LANAI TRAVEL ADVENTURES, 2nd Edition
HONOLULU, WAIKIKI & OAHU ADVENTURE GUIDE
Shelagh McNally
Shelagh McNally is a Canadian writer who went to Mexico in 1997 with her daughter for a few months and ended up staying. She has been exploring Guatemala since 1998. She has written for a number of publications and travel websites in Canada, England, United States and Mexico, including Fodor's and the Miami Herald. She speaks bad Spanish but has learned how to drive in mud and sand.
Books available by this author:
GUATEMALA ADVENTURE GUIDE, 2nd Edition
GUATEMALA POCKET ADVENTURES, 2nd Edition
Simon Foster
Simon Foster was born in England. Family trips first kindled his interest in places other than his own and after graduating in geography he set off to seek what hed been studying. Following his first extended trip, wanderlust firmly set in and Simon became an adventure tour leader in the Middle East and Asia. He soon started travel writing and has contributed to the Rough Guides for Australia, China, Egypt, Europe, India and Tunisia. Simon has worked as a travel writer and tour leader in China since 2001.
Books available by this author:
CHINA ADVENTURE GUIDE
Tina Neylon
Tina Neylon lives in County Cork and Ireland is her passion. As a freelance journalist, much of her work has been published in The Irish Examiner, where she has also served as the Books Editor. Her knowledge of the country is extensive and she's thrilled to write Hunter's Adventure Guide to Ireland.
Books available by this author:
IRELAND ADVENTURE GUIDE
IRELAND POCKET ADVENTURES
Vivien Lougheed
Vivien Lougheed started wandering at age nine, when she got her first bicycle. At 16, she discovered Greyhound, and took a trip from Winnipeg to Jasper, the farthest point she could afford at the time. That first view of the Rockies stuck with her, and hiking became a
passion, mountains a major destination. She moved to Prince George so she could be closer to the Rockies. In the early 80s she started to see the world; China, the Mediterranean, Central America, Africa and the Himalayas of Tibet, Nepal and Pakistan.
In 1986 her first book, Central America by Chickenbus, was published. This
was followed by a regular column for the Prince George Citizen. Writing and
travel became a blend. Vivien started writing for magazines, "Chickenbus" went into its third edition and she wrote the Kluane National Park Hiking Guide, now in its second edition. A trip through the Chang Tang, a prohibited area of Tibet, led to Forbidden Mountains, her only story book. Hikes in the fabled Nahanni area of Canada's North West Territories resulted in her co-authoring Tungsten John, with her husband.
Presently, maps are forbidden - when Vivien sees one she is off again. She now
has writing deadlines to meet, deadlines that can't be completed on the road.
Books available by this author:
BELIZE ADVENTURE GUIDE-6th Edition
YUCATAN-including CANCUN, COZUMEL, RIVIERA MAYA ADVENTURE GUIDE-4th Edition
BELIZE POCKET ADVENTURES
BOLIVIA POCKET ADVENTURES
CUBA ADVENTURE GUIDE
MAZATLAN & VICINITY ADVENTURE GUIDE
PUERTO VALLARTA & VICINITY-ADVENTURE GUIDE
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