2012 Faculty (Travel Writers & Photographers Conference)


2012 Faculty - Many More Coming Soon!

Spud Hilton

Spud Hilton
Hilton is Travel Editor of The San Francisco Chronicle and writer for the travel section’s blog, Bad Latitude. He is a 20-year journalist and traveler who has written about, reported on, and been hopelessly lost on five continents. His attempts to defy the expectations of places—from Havana’s back alleys to Genoa’s cathedrals to the floor of a hippie bus in Modesto—have earned him three Lowell Thomas Awards. His stories have appeared in more than 60 newspapers in North America. He lives with his wife, Ann, in San Francisco and plays cornet in an early New Orleans-style jazz band.

Read more >>

 
Susan Orlean

Susan Orlean
Orlean is a journalist and staff writer for The New Yorker. Her books include The Orchid Thief, The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters with Extraordinary People, My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who’s Been Everywhere, Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend. She has contributed articles to Vogue, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and Outside. Orlean lives in Columbia County, New York (with occasional stints in Los Angeles and in New York City) with her husband, her son, dog, and two chickens.

Read more >>

 
Faculty from the 2011 Conference
Jim Benning
Georgeanne Brennan
Tim Cahill
Kimberley Cameron
Kaye Cloutman
Julia Cosgrove
Phil Cousineau
Robin Donovan
David Farley
Juliana Gallin
Don George
Liza Gershman
Larry Habegger
Catharine Hamm
Georgia Hesse
Spud Hilton
Robert Holmes
Roger Housden
Dianne Jacob
Elizabeth Kracht
Heidi Krahling

Shelley Lindgren
Michael David Lukas
Pam Mandel
Niko Mayer
Andrew McCarthy
Linda Watanabe McFerrin
Janis Cooke Newman
Jeff Pflueger
Lulu Del Rosario
Andy Ross
Peter Schaf
Cheryl Sternman Rule
Stuart Schwartz
Michael Shapiro
Amy Sherman
Danielle Svetcov
Liz Thompson
John Troia
Tina Vierra
Joanne Weir



Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference
August 9-12, 2012
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA 94925
(San Francisco Bay Area)
Conference Coordinator:
Kathryn Petrocelli
(800) 999-7909, ext. 239
Email the coordinator

 

Registration

Register
Add a Consultation

 

Conference Details
Conference Homepage
2012 Faculty

2012 Schedule
Conference Contests!
Conference Days
Private Consultations
Accommodations
FAQ

Connect with the Conference on Facebook!
Follow the Conference on Twitter!
RSS

Network on Facebook

Join Us on Twitter for Breaking News!