Our guest speaker was Don George, Editor at Large for Lonely Planet, who talked about his career as a travel writer and editor through the years and his new travel anthology. Our surprise guest was Lonely Planet co-founder Maureen Wheeler of Melborne, Australia, who was trailed by a cameraman for CNBC’s Squawkbox segment. The program featuring Maureen will be aired in about 3 weeks. Our next salon will be January 7th, 2004, 5:30-7:00 pm at the Monticello Inn near San Francisco’s Union Square. The salon is free, friendly, and open to the public. For more information visit the Wild Writing Women website. Here’s a list of the notables we introduced:
Don George, travel writer, editor, Lonely Planet’s editor at large
Vivian & Lloyd George from Conneticut (Don George’s parents!)
Maureen Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet
Cindy Cohen, PR for Lonely Planet
Linda Burbank, writer for Consumer Reports & National Geographic Traveler
Laurie King, publisher of the weekly Travel Writer’s Calendar
Miles Davis, author, just self-published his book Motorcycle Yoga
Michael McCarthy freelance writer for various Bay Area weeklies
Brad Newsham, taxi driver, author, and founder of Backpack Nation
Carol Cantor, freelance travel writer
Jeff Phillips, editor/writer for Sunset Magazine
Jacqueline Yau, freelance writer and contributor to Hyennas Laughed at Me, a new anthology from Travelers’ Tales
Cheryn Flanagan, freelance writer, contributor to Boots’n’all website
