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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. Mary and her husband, Ron
James, travel extensively.

Alison DaRosa

Alison DaRosa is a six-time winner of the Lowell Thomas Gold Award for travel writing, the
most prestigious prize in travel journalism. She served 15 years as Travel Editor of the San Di-
ego Union-Tribune and was the award-winning editor of the San Diego News Network Travel
Page. She created San Diego Essential Guide, a highly rated travel app for mobile devices.
Alison writes a monthly Travel Deals column for the San Diego Union-Tribune and is a regular
freelance contributor to the travel sections 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 publications including Deep
South Magazine, Interval Magazine, Simply Buckhead, US Airways Magazine, Southern Hospi-
tality Traveler and has a bi-monthly blog in Blue Ridge Country’s online edition. Her first book,
North Georgia Moonshine: A History of the Lovells and other Liquor Makers, is available at
Amazon.com. She and Len own Seeing Southern,L.L.C., a documentary photography company.

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. Although she enjoys writing es-
says, op-ed, and people features, her favorite topic is travel (favorite destination London). 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 Australian Outback. Exploring
sites from exotic travels in the Arctic Circle to ritzy Rio, with passport in hand, she’s always
ready for the next adventure!

Amy Laughinghouse

London-based writer and photographer Amy Laughinghouse has attempted to overcome 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.amylaughinghouse.com.

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