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Tanya Shaffer’s new website

Laurie McAndish King — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:05:31 +0000

Bay Area writer, actor, traveler, and activist Tanya Shaffer launched her new website last month. Highlights include:

Audio clips from “Sid Arthur,” Tanya’s musical-in-progress with composer Vienna Teng
Video clips from her solo show “Let My Enemy Live Long!”
Stories and essays available for free online reading
A page for each of Tanya’s major original works, including a brief description, press clips, and photo gallery.

Janet Grace Riehl

Laurie McAndish King — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:21:28 +0000

Janet Grace Riehl, writer, speaker, poet, blogger. Riehl Life: Village Wisdom for the 21st Century.

Susan Alcorn

Laurie McAndish King — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:00:39 +0000

Susan Alcorn publishes an e-newsletter for the hiking/backpacking community, which is available on request from backpack45@yahoo.com

Georgia Hesse

Laurie McAndish King — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 22:49:43 +0000

Georgia Hesse is the founding travel editor of the San Francisco Examiner and now a freelance travel writer. She has visited more than 200 countries and island groups, is the author of several guidebooks and holds many awards including the French Ordre du Mrite.

Kevin Smokler

Laurie McAndish King — Sun, 08 Feb 2004 14:50:05 +0000

Kevin Smokler “writer, speaker, maker of mischief.”

Don George

Laurie McAndish King — Sat, 04 Oct 2003 21:08:55 +0000

Don George, writer, editor, speaker, blogger, teacher, extraordinaire.

Edward Hasbrouck

Laurie McAndish King — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 18:01:55 +0000

Edward Hasbrouck, blogger, Practical Nomad, past BATW board member.

Linda Watanabe McFerrin

Laurie McAndish King — Tue, 01 Jul 2003 17:20:28 +0000

Linda Watanabe McFerrin, writer, teacher, poet. Founded Left Coast Writers.

Linda Watanabe McFerrin has been traveling since she was two and writing about it since she was six. A poet, travel writer, novelist and contributor to numerous journals, newspapers, magazines, anthologies and online publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, the Washington Post, the Salt Lake City Tribune, Modern Bride, San Francisco Bride, Travelers’ Tales, Salon.com and Women.com, she is the author of two poetry collections, an award-winning novel (Namako: Sea Cucumber) and short story collection (The Hand of Buddha), and the editor of Best Places Northern California, 4th ed.

Marybeth Bond

Laurie McAndish King — Sat, 15 Mar 2003 17:32:06 +0000

Marybeth Bond, author, editor, speaker.

Full Moon Storytellers

Laurie McAndish King — Thu, 02 Jan 2003 17:31:07 +0000

The Full Moon Storytellers’ tales are about “what it means to straddle two worlds and two cultures [revealing] constantly-moving boundaries and the strength it takes to negotiate them.” Storytellers are Ayoung Kim, Mei Yan Leung, Karen Llagas, Li Miao, and Kunal Mukherjee; read their bios.