Alia Volz @aliavolzzz.bsky.social Author of NBCC finalist HOME BAKED: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco. Nonfiction ghost story forthcoming with Avid Reader (Simon & Schuster). Freelance editor based in Portugal.
Kerri Arsenault @kerriarsenault.bsky.social Author MILL TOWN; Director @storytellingstudio.bsky.social & @nsota.bsky.social; Write @ WaPo, NYRB, NYT, Boston Globe. 🇫🇷 kerri-arsenault.com
Jodi Angel @jodiangel.bsky.social Fiction writer / professor / escaped to NL with my dogs / author of Biggest Little Girl, You Only Get Letters From Jail, The History of Vegas / New and Collected Stories COMING OUT SOON!
Kirin Khan @kirinjaan.bsky.social Pashtun-American writer living in Amsterdam. Pushcart nom, Tin House Fellow, Pen EV fellow, Steinbeck fellow, Vermont Studio Center, among others…
www.kirinkhan.com
Kat Lewis @katjolewis.bsky.social I write books and video games 🎮 | GOOD PEOPLE forthcoming from Simon & Schuster (2026) | Writing Craft Lessons on Substack | Rep: Robin Rue @ Writers House | Views = my own | she/her
Monet Patrice Thomas @monetpatricethomas.bsky.social Reader, Writer, open to free meals. Currently in Shanghai
www.monetpatricethomas.com
joj (they/them) @jojthefirst.bsky.social Writer. Traveler. Queer. Parent. Icelandophile.
Michelle A. Chikaonda @machikaonda.bsky.social Writer | Passport stamp collector | UEA MA '23 | Deborah Rogers Award Shortlist '23 | Toyin Falola Prize Longlist '20 | Al Jazeera, Business Insider, Catapult, Electric Literature + | Tin House, VONA, VQR + | More: www.michellechikaonda.work
Sarah Bringhurst Familia @sarahbfamilia.bsky.social Writer | Reader | Lover | Mother
Californian in Amsterdam
I write about my future bookshop in Italy: https://open.substack.com/pub/escapetothebookshop
Mieke Eerkens @miekeeerkens.bsky.social American-Dutch dual citizen writer & educator living in Amsterdam. MFA U of Iowa. @theatlantic.com @Catapult.co @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social etc
Book with Picador (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250117809/allshipsfollowme)
Leigh HR @leighhr.bsky.social Dual-National (US/UK) writer, traveler, and trampoline champion who does her own stunts.
Claire Handscombe @bookishclaire.bsky.social Reader, writer, epic daydreamer.
4w3/ENFP
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Bookseller, publishing person, West Wing fan.
Forever missing D.C.
Sofia Ali-Khan @sofiaalikhan.bsky.social Storyteller. Ceramicist. Lawyer.
Award Winning Author: A Good Country (PRH)
Words at NYT, LATimes, WaPo, Time, LitHub, The Moth, Joe’s Pub/Srsly Entertaining
linktr.ee/sofiaalikhan
Stevie Trujillo 💙🦋💃🏽 @stevietrujillo.bsky.social Writer, mama, American dreamer in despair. Fighting the good fight with words in The NYT, The Guardian, WaPo, Huff Post, Salon, Vogue, etc.
Drove The World's Longest Road. Resides in Spain. Huge crush on FDR. Votes BLUE 💙
Born + raised in L.A
@sonjabegonia.bsky.social @sonjabegonia.bsky.social 
Sarah Stodola @sstodola.bsky.social Author of ‘The Last Resort: A Chronicle of Paradise, Profit, and Peril at the Beach’ & ‘Process.’
I write about tourism and other topics.
https://flung.substack.com/
Last Resort: https://tinyurl.com/2brtneky
Process: https://tinyurl.com/mw5dk
Wanda Hennig @wandahennig.bsky.social Writer, photojournalist, co-active coach, culinary interests. Memoir matters... Long-time Zen student. TESL and travel. Living in Durban, Polish roots. Oakland, Calif is my second home. What happens when you say yes? Surprises!
Anne Korkeakivi @annekorkeakivi.bsky.social Author of the novels SHINING SEA, AN UNEXPECTED GUEST and, coming in 2027, THE PERSISTENCE OF LIGHT. Reader, writer, traveler, New Yorker abroad. Anne not Anna.
annekorkeakivi.com
Allison K Williams @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social Formerly GuerillaMemoir over there
Writer, editor at Brevity, literal fire-eater
Give yourself permission.
linktr.ee/guerillamemoir- J @jycleaver.bsky.social @jycleaver.bsky.social
Summer Rylander @summeroutside.bsky.social Travel and science journalist + wildlife photographer covering positive-impact tourism and the conservation of our biodiverse planet.
Brooke Black @brookeblackjust.bsky.social Music, podcasts, travel, curio lover, figuring out life abroad as an American in Denmark 🇩🇰
Jill Dutton @jilldutton.bsky.social Travel, food and agriculture writer, podcast host, pickleball fan, kayaking enthusiast. Current: Associate Editor for Farm Journal | Updating USA by Rail guidebook (10th edition) | Still finishing my travel cookbook.
@cassiehepler.bsky.social @cassiehepler.bsky.social 
Stacey Leasca @sleasca.bsky.social Journalist: Travel+Leisure, Food&Wine, Tripadvisor, Glamour, etc.
PhD candidate: specializing in misinformation
Founder: BeATravelWriter.com
Email: stacey@staceyleasca.com 
Virginia Williams @virginialwilliams.bsky.social Freelance writer and proofreader. Unapologetic Swiftie. Dual US/UK citizen living in SE England. Bylines in The Guardian, Huffington Post, The Independent, Metro, Fresh Cup, Atlas Obscura and more. https://virginialwilliams.com/
Rosie Schaap @rosieschaap.bsky.social Author, teacher, maker of excellent soups, proud chairperson of the Glenarm Wildlife Group. 🐿️
My new book is THE SLOW ROAD NORTH: How I Found Peace in an Improbable Country
rosieschaap.net
Caitlin Donohue @byrdwatch.bsky.social 
Cindy Lamothe @crlamothe.bsky.social Poet/Essayist. Writer in Guatemala. Turning caffeine into words. Bylines in NYTimes, TheAtlantic, Vogue, Catapult | Writing a memoir. #Binders lamothewriter@gmail.com
KevinH @thethujonekid.bsky.social 
Elizabeth Kate Switaj @ekswitaj.bsky.social http://www.elizabethkateswitaj.net/
📚The Articulations, Kernpunkt Press http://www.kernpunktpress.com/store/p43/articulationsamouroboros.html
📚The Bringers of Fruit, 11:11 Press https://1111press.com/the-bringers-of-fruit
🇲🇭Majuro, Marshall Islands
Lisa Levy @lisalevywrites.bsky.social Critic. Essayist. Style maven. Chronic Migraineur and Patient Advocate. Lover of reality TV, fancy notebooks, and vintage dresses. WIP FUNERAL IN MY BRAIN: A BIOGRAPHY OF MIGRAINE (St Martin’s).
Lee Foust @leefoust.bsky.social Out of work professional anarchist living in Naples, Italy, under the volcano, will write novels and poems for food, sometimes corrects people's grammar, not so bad now that you know me.
Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social I write. A lot. About lots of things.
Author of What Haunts Me (April Gloaming) and The Scabbard of Her Throat (The Word Works).
Recent writing in @swwim.bsky.social, stadtsprachen, Quibble Lit, and elsewhere.
https://linktr.ee/bernadettegeyer
Katja Presnal @katjapresnal.bsky.social Founder of Crush Movement. Full-time rebel feminist, part-time business strategist.
Author of Big Rich Money.
https://www.crushmovement.com/hello
Ps. Ex Skimbaco Lifestyle
Anna Keesey @curlyquotesediting.bsky.social 📚Fiction Book Coach & Editor for writers battling fear, imposter syndrome, and an unclear vision.
✒️You can write a book!
👇🏼Work with me + resources
www.curlyquotesediting.com
Nancy E Newman @nancyen.bsky.social Essayist, former family therapist and gardener; wife, mom, grandma, feminist socialist, dual citizen of Canada and California.
Adam Klein @adamklein.bsky.social Author of The Medicine Burns; (High Risk Books) Tiny Ladies (Serpent's Tail); Jerome: After the Pageant; and The Gifts of The State: New Writing from Afghanistan (Dzanc Books) Rep. PJ Mark
The Size Queens.
Deborah Jeanne Weitzman @deborahjeanne.bsky.social www.deborahjeanne.com
I am a singer-songwriter, Alexander Tech. teacher, writer and truth seeker. I lead workshops in Vocal-activation, breath and movement. My new novel: 'The Sinking of the Leonardo di Vinci' comes out spring 2025!
Lola Méndez @lolaannamendez.bsky.social Queer Latina journalist covering travel, sustainability, social justice, veganism & more for USA Today, CNN, BBC, ArchDigest, Vogue, NatGeo & more 🇺🇾 she/her
www.lolaannmendez.com
Christopher Sherrod / Chr1stopher @christophersherrod.com Helping thoughtful people unplug from the noise, reclaim their attention, and build a quieter, more fulfilling life. More at ChristopherSherrod.com.
Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social Nonfiction writer; B&N Discover Great New Writers Pick; New book: Together in Manzanar: The True story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp; Work in NYT, WashPo, WSJ + more; www.tracyslater.com
Dr Tiffani Angus @tiffaniangus.bsky.social Multi awards-shortlisted SFFH & non-fic author. Editor & typesetter. SPEC FIC FOR NEWBIES 3 now in the wild! https://linktr.ee/tiffaniangusauthor Leftie, feminist, ex academic, ally, anti-AI. she/her. Now 🇬🇧 was 🇺🇸
Afar @afarmedia.bsky.social Travel as a force for good, in print and online.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, the Ocean State.
https://linktr.ee/senwhitehouse
Dingus Khan @woodseanm.bsky.social Fat-headed former journalist, over-married, empty-nester, pup daddy, P1, footy fan ⚽️ “COME ON BRENTFORD!” 🐝 🔵 in S. TX. 🚫 MAGA. That Austin live oak tree 🌳 had ONE JOB!!! I am allied as fuck! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦🇨🇦. Never pity an asshole.
Erin Byrne @erinbyrnewriter.bsky.social Author, screenwriter, event host.
Susan Portnoy: @susanportnoy.bsky.social NYC-based freelance photographer and travel writer. Bylines in Afar, T+L, Smithsonian, Fodors, Newsweek. Love exploring the world and photographing the people, places, and things I discover. Crazy salted caramel fan. 
Rachel Chang | Travel & Entertainment Journalist @rachelchang.bsky.social Travel and pop culture writer and editor. Contributor: Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, Lonely Planet. Former teen magazine editor-in-chief (J-14) and entertainment editor (Us Weekly, CosmoGIRL!). 4x marathoner. Solo traveler. Stinky tofu addict.
Jason Cochran @jascochran.bsky.social Writer, nerd, outfluencer. EIC at Frommer’s. Trapped in Biffhorrific. Author of “Here Lies America”
Rich Tate @richtate.com The thing that goes bump in the night (mostly because I'm clumsy). He/Him 🤘🏼
Charukesi @charukesi.bsky.social Journalist. Photographer. Traveller.
64 countries, 6 continents.
Lebawit Lily Girma @lebawitlilygirma.bsky.social Travel journalist, Multimedia Storyteller focused on Conscious Travel, Cultural heritage, Equitable tourism. Polyglot. Ethiopian-American. Global soul, born & raised on the Motherland. https://www.tourismlens.com & https://youtube.com/@tourismlens
Estelle Erasmus @estelleserasmus.bsky.social TEDx Speaker. Author, WRITING THAT GETS NOTICED. NYU writing prof. Contrib. Editor, Writer’s Digest. Freelance Writing Direct podcast host. Award-winning journalist with bylines in The New York Times, Washington Post, Slate + https://EstelleSErasmus.com
Katie Dundas @katiedundas.bsky.social American writer in Sydney, Australia. Words for Tripadvisor, Traveller, BBC Travel, Fodor's, Luxury Escapes, Thrillist.
Australian Society of Travel Writers
Often found swimming/hiking/hanging out with my dog.
Julia B. Chan @juliachanb.bsky.social Editor in chief ⌲ https://19thnews.org
Co-founder/admin ⌲ https://journalistsofcolor.us
More if you wanna ⌲ https://juliachanb.com/about
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Jen Rose Smith @jenrosesmith.bsky.social Travel writer, editor, and all-around enthusiast in Vermont's Green Mountains. Words for WSJ, Afar, WaPo, Nat Geo, etc. www.jenrosesmith.com / jenniferrosesmith @ gmail
Joanne Sasvari @josasvari.bsky.social I write about food, drink, travel and other fun stuff up here on Vancouver Island.
Pris Blossom @prisblossom.bsky.social Journalist. Essayist. Critic.
Queer Latina Mama.
Watches too much TV and won't shut up about Pedro Pascal💖
A short glass of caffeinated anxiety and good intentions.
she/her/ella
Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com Sociologist and Makai Livingstone-GBV-Survivor, who coined the term, "Access Intimacy Abuse" to capture vile violations from which I may never recover, so contributions welcome here: https://ko-fi.com/equitableforall
https://linktr.ee/KrystalKavitaJagoo
Arao Ameny @africanwriter.bsky.social #Africa|n Lit 📚 I read┋Nya Lango┋Proudly Lango 🦏┋🇺🇬┋In my language Leb Lango, Arao is “to gather, to collect” & Ameny is “to bring light”┋also @araoameny
Kelly P Bushnell, PhD 🌊 @drkelpy.bsky.social Salish Sea Institute Fellow | ocean prof (lit, history, ecology) | Pacific + polar | feminist dive guide | nudi nerd | Seattle/Coast Salish Land | pubs/syllabi: kellypbushnell.com
📚 Current research: Cultural history of basking sharks in the NE Pacific!
Laura Zera @laurazera.bsky.social Writer with a day job. Words in NYT, WaPo, Hypertext, Catapult, DAME, McSweeney’s IT and other places. Working on books at glacial pace. Here for talk about books, writing and health.
Catherine H Palmer @catherinehpalmer.bsky.social Post-menopausal mad woman. Writing about reinvention, resilience, and rebellion. AMID LIFE @catherinehpalmer.substack.com
Leigh Shulman @theleighshulman.bsky.social Writer, mentor, and sometimes chief mucky muck. I talk about writing, parenting, and living in Argentina. Also books and food.
Amy Estes @amymelissaestes.bsky.social Queer femme writer (MFA candidate at VCFA, Kenyon WW, Lambda Literary Fellow), middle school teacher, insatiable reader, closet weirdo, mother to three perfect dogs, a pleasure to have in class.
amymelissaestes.substack.com
Jeanne Cooper @hulajeanne.bsky.social Resident of Hawai'i. Lover of cats, dogs, french fries, travel and the arts. Former newspaper journalist. Episcopalian deacon in formation. Freelance writer and do-gooder. Spouse of triathlete.
Michele Herrmann @michelemherrmann.bsky.social Longtime writer and traveler; girl next door. 
Dana Rebmann @danarebmann.bsky.social Writer & photographer
San Francisco Bay Area-based writer, photographer, and television correspondent who covers travel, nature, wine, and anything that makes folks smile for AARP, AFAR, Garden & Gun, KRON4 television, and more. danarebmann.com
Monika Sengul-Jones @monikasjones.bsky.social I lead a program at the University of Washington about society and technology. I read, teach, and write widely. Subscribe to my free newsletter thegiftbymonika.substack.com
Brijana Prooker @briprooker.bsky.social LA-based freelance journalist covering health, gender & culture. Mama to rescue pit bull named Ivy & orange kitty girl named Doosis. Bylines in ELLE, Washington Post, Good Housekeeping, Shondaland, Observer, Newsday, POPSUGAR, etc. She/Her
Naomi Tomky @gastrognome.bsky.social Food Editor. Freelance travel writer. Probably going to die from eating leftover rice. Seattle.
Michael Bradbury @seattlescienceguy.bsky.social Freelance science and climate journalist, President of Northwest Science Writers Association, #stubbornoptimist. Born when CO2 was 327ppm. Watching the #Arctic. Tips: seattlesciguy@gmail.com
Sivani Babu @wayfaringsiv.bsky.social Co-founder + CEO @ Hidden Compass. Photog + journalist. Won some awards. Former attorney (federal public defender) + Teach for America corps member. American Red Cross volunteer. Dark sky advocate. Websites: www.sivanibabu.com and www.hiddencompass.net
Terry Ward @terryward.bsky.social Coffee Addict | Storyteller | People Watcher | News Publisher | Local Media | Print Media | Digital Media | Founder & CEO of @wardmedia.bsky.social
Auburn Scallon @wsauburn.bsky.social Guidebook author, localization editor, and @Unbreaking.org contributor. I’m into pop culture, performing arts, politics, podcasting, critical travel writing, & conscious language. she/they
https://auburn.contently.com/
Jill K. Robinson @dangerjr.bsky.social Author, journalist, editor, photographer, traveler, and tequila demigoddess. Words for National Geographic, AFAR, Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, Sierra, and more.
Claudia Laroye @claudiatravels.bsky.social Author, writer + content creator specializing in travel, adventure, lifestyle and culinary prose. Author: A Gelato a Day🍦 claudiatravels.com
@amybrecountwhite.bsky.social @amybrecountwhite.bsky.social 
Victoria Livingstone @victoriajane.bsky.social Writer | Mother | Immigrant | Managing Editor @mlnjournal.bsky.social | PhD Hispanic Lit | Fulbright (Brazil) | Bylines WaPo, Time, Guernica, etc. (she/her)
Book forthcoming w Bloomsbury Academic
Human Generated: https://victorialivingstone.substack.com/
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
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Lizzie Frainier @lizziefrainier.bsky.social 🌍 Associate Travel Editor at The Times and The Sunday Times
📖 Author of Main Character: Lessons from a real-life romcom, out February 2025. A memoir about dating, friendship and romcoms 💕
Preorder here: linktr.ee/maincharacterbook
Jessica Benavides Canepa @jbcanepa.bsky.social Lifestyle journalist + editor with words @ AFAR, Condé Nast Traveler, Robb Report,TIME,Travel +Leisure, Nat Geo + more.
Destination expert: Spain🇪🇸 France🇫🇷 Switzerland🇨🇭Sweden 🇸🇪
Clips: https://jbcanepa.com/
Email: jessica@jbcanepa.com
Socials: @jbcanepa
Kimberley Lovato @klovato.bsky.social Travel writer. Author. California girl. Francophile fille.
📚 ✏️ ✈️ 🥂🌈🇫🇷 💙 🇺🇸
#Travel #Wanderlust #France #WritingCommunity #wanderlust Website: OneTripWonder.com
Insta: @KimberleyLovato
Andrew Mersmann @andrewmersmann.bsky.social Hypnotherapist/Life Coach. All about #volunteering and #service projects. Author of “Frommer’s 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference” Resetting my world so it’s more sunsets, dogs, monkeys, and kid lit and less…everything else.
Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social Radiologist @DeptVetAffairs #AdvocatingForPatients #PublicHealth #Activist @RadiologyACR and @RSNA #Leadership http://www.linkedin.com/in/ianweissmando
Dave's Travel World @davestravelworld.bsky.social Travel blogger. Into solo travel by slow modes using budget accommodation. I plan to share travel photos here, both old and new. All photos are mine. To follow my adventures please visit: https://DavesTravelWorld.com/home-page/travel-blog/
Joshua Mellin @joshuamellin.bsky.social Writer / Photographer | Published @cnn.com, @nytimes.com, @washingtonpost.com, etc. | Covering #travel #music #art #sports | http://instagram.com/joshuamellin joshuamellin.com
Amanda Castleman @amandacastleman.bsky.social Seattle writer & photog: heath, travel & the environment. Pubbed in BBC, Sierra, Outside, NYT & NatGeo, etc. Founder of the school writelikeahoneybadger.com. ADHDer, geeks over drag, native plants, tiny homes & wild swimming. She/her. amandacastleman.com
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