I'm a journalist and book editor who specializes in nonfiction books (among them the bestselling MY CALIFORNIA anthology) and a writer who turned my love of travel into paying work (my SANTA BARBARA AND CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL COAST is published in winter 2011 and GREAT ESCAPES: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA was published in 2008). My book projects also include THE WONDER YEARS: PORTRAITS OF ATHLETES WHO NEVER SLOW DOWN, a stunning collection featuring the photographs of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Rick Rickman and stories by me. I've worked at the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, and Miami Herald, and taught at California State University, Long Beach. I live in Southern California.