Contributors

LUXURY TRAVEL EDITOR-AT-LARGE Author, professor and cultural historian, Deb Abraham joined Luxury Travel and Living in 2006 to share her perspectives on international destinations and experiences. "Travel enriches our lives and offers endless variety", she explains. "My job is to introduce our readers to the possibilities!" Deb is a member of International Society for Travel Writers and reports from Antarctica to Zanzibar...Read articles and reviews by Deb Abraham

LUXURY TRAVEL COLUMNIST Melissa Rossi is an author and journalist whose work has been published in Newsweek, Esquire, National Geographic Traveler, among many more. She is the author of the What Every American Should Know series for Plume/Penguin Books USA. Visit Melissa Rossi's website.

LUXURY TRAVEL EDITORS-AT-LARGE Our globetrotting editors, Debbi & Bill Kickham, have never met a luxury destination they didn't like. Debbi Kickham, a former Editor of Robb Report Magazine – "The Millionaire's Magazine" – is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers. Bill is a lawyer with a background in media communications. With more than 25 years experience writing about luxury destinations all over the world, the two regularly cover romance, honeymoons, cruises, spas, shopping and other areas of interest for sophisticated travelers. Visit Debbi Kickham's website.

LUXURY REAL ESTATE COLUMNIST Susan Kime has written for The Robb Report, European CEO, Elite Traveler, Stratos, and Business Destinations, just to name a few. As a guest columnist to Luxury Travel and Living, Susan shares her insights into various resort and fractional real estate options. An avid world traveler, Ms. Kime has written over 100 stories for leading luxury publications. Visit Susan Kime's website.

NEW ZEALAND TRAVEL EDITOR Kip Brook has traveled the world writing in dozens of countries. He was New Zealand print media's London Bureau Chief Correspondent; was a member of the Foreign Press Association in London; and was a regular commentator on the BBC's Dateline London. He runs his own PR media company Word of Mouth Media NZ and travels New Zealand and Australia writing luxury articles and discovering exciting romantic hideaways. Visit Kip Brook's website.

GOLF EDITOR Tim Cotroneo has written for Golf Journeys Magazine, Times of the Islands, and GoWorld Travel. Tim specializes in golf course, individual profile, and resort business related articles.

TRAVEL WRITING:
"Good travel writing is done by good writers who travel. It is not enough to have swum through piranha-infested waters to the source of the Amazon. You must be able to write well to convey that experience. When you have learned the craft of writing, you can make a stroll through your own suburban neighborhood seem interesting, even exciting. Good travel writing needs much the same ingredients as any good story -- narrative, drive, characters, dialogue, atmosphere, revelation. Make it personal. Let the reader know how the place and the experience are affecting you.

Good travel writing is just good writing. It must have literary merit. The most important journey you will make as a travel writer is the journey of a good sentence. Without that, your close encounter with the piranhas is wasted.

Bad travel writing is done by travelers, often good travelers, who mistakenly believe they can write. There seems to be an awful lot of them about. Their prose is littered with clichés, their sense of narrative timing is inept and their characters, whether themselves or people they encounter, are clumsily portrayed. Too many travel writers seem to believe that the journey 'makes' the story. It doesn't. In the end, anyone can travel to Timbuktu, but only a few people will write about the journey well." --Stanley Stewart, in Don George's Travel Writing (2005)