contributors
winter
/
spring 2016
JOE BOONE
Joe Boone is an entrepreneur by nature and has been in the publishing and advertising arenas for more than 20 years, most
recently as editor and co-owner of a small publishing firm. He’s had his hand in the restaurant and retail markets as well,
having owned a restaurant in Cincinnati during his younger days and currently is the proprietor of a small shop in
Northern Kentucky with his wife Julie that is known for its great vintage finds. An avid gardener and amateur chef, he
seeks out the back roads and hideaways during his travels, whether in the Caribbean, the Big Apple, or the hills of Kentucky.
Anne Dimon
A world traveler, Anne Dimon is a veteran travel writer and industry journalist, wellness travel speaker and consultant,
and editor-in-chief of
Travel to Wellness Magazine
. During her 20 years as a journalist she has written for publications
in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Asia. Dimon lives the life and walks the talk and, when not traveling, divides her
time between Canada, Mexico and California.
Julia Dimon
Julia Dimon is a hard-cored adventuress who has traveled around the world to over 80 countries across all seven
continents. She’s the host of
Word Travels,
a 40-episode TV series about the real lives of travel writers, broadcast
worldwide on National Geographic Adventure and Travel Channel UK. She’s been featured as a travel expert by CNN,
ABC Nightline,
The New York Times, Condé Nast Traveler, Travel & Leisure, Forbes Traveler,
MSNBC,
Outside
Magazine,
and
Budget Travel.
Julia Dimon is author of the book
Travel Junkie: A Badass Guide to Solo Female Travel.
Margie Goldsmith
Margie Goldsmith is a NYC-based award-wining writer who has been to 120 countries and written about them all. A
marathoner, triathlete and adventure racer, she is often on the road in an exotic destination writing lifestyle, luxury,
adventure and profiles. Goldsmith is a contributing writer to
Elite Traveler, Robb Report, Black Card Mag
and others,
and is a published novelist (
Screw-Up
). She has won 21 creative writing awards in the last five years, including the
Travelers Tales Solas Award
and
Society of AmericanTravelWriters Award
. Goldsmith has recently taken up blues harmonica.
Kathy Mangan
Kathy Mangan spends her summers in Ireland and is an Irish citizen. She won the 2007Travel Classics contest for Best Story
on Ireland, plus the 2004 Caribbean Tourism Organization contest for Best Magazine Feature. Her articles have appeared
in
National Geographic Traveler, American Way, Wine Enthusiast, Robb Report
and
Men’s Journal
. Mangan is a columnist for
Dog Fancy
, former editor of
British Motoring,
and former contributing editor for five magazines including
Islands.
Jack Maraffi
Jack Maraffi has been traveling well for many years. His advertising agency specialized in travel accounts such as the Greek
National Tourist Office and Iberia Airlines. He also served the corporate business world as VP Marketing for both Cunard
Line and Diners Club, where he headed up
Signature,
the Diners Club magazine. He has written about travel and wine for
such publications as
Redbook, San Francisco Magazine
and USwinebarguide.com (where he currently serves as a director).
Matthew Schroeder
Matthew Schroeder has worked in every aspect of the magazine publishing world. A graduate of Wright State
University, his diverse background in creative writing, music and Eastern philosophy has not only influenced his
professional experience, but his travel adventures as well. A desert dweller, he is usually found exploring the great
American Southwest and the Middle East.
BARBARA WYSOCKI
Barbara Wysocki cooks octopus curry in Zanzibar, assists art therapists in Haiti, rafts through the Grand Canyon and
let’s penguins peck her boots in Antarctica. In Cuba, she sipped mojitos with the island’s award-winning authors and
lunched where Ernest Hemingway once lifted his glass. With her footsteps on every continent, she covers travel, art and
children’s literature for
Saturday Evening Post, AmericanWay, ISLANDS, National Geographic Traveler, Yankee, Art & Antiques,
School Library Journal
and
Christian Science Monitor.
Wysocki won the 2004 Travel Classics Writer’s Contest on New York,
her hometown. Next stop, Switzerland, between snacks of chocolate and cheese, she’ll explore galleries and museums.
