My Story Summerized in Australian Book

Getting home is great and with good news even better. In the pile of mail was a package from good guy Larry Hebagger from Travelers Tales, a book that had recently come out in Australia. The Book is called A Safe Place to Land: Life- changing moments of wisdom and grace, and is written by Maggie Hamilton. I was quite honored that Maggie used a summarizing of a story I wrote for TT called the Devil’s Wind as her closing chapter.The story was about a trip I made to Strasbourg, France and a miracle that happened. Thanks Larry and Maggie for thinking the story worthy, the book is published by Penguin.

Travelers Tales Solas Winners

As I was sitting in the JFK Holiday Inn tonight I checked my email and got the one announcing the winners of Travelers Tales Solas Awards.

“The Solas Awards are an annual competition to find the best writing being done about the world today. The Travelers' Tales editors choose winners in 21 categories ranging from adventure to humor, from destination to memoir, and everything in between. The grand prize category has cash awards of $1,000, $750, and $500; all other category winners receive a certificate and copies of the most recent editions of The Best Travel Writing [3] and The Best Women's Travel Writing”

I was very happy to see some familiar names among the winners; Gold Certificate: Jungle River by Peter Mandel, Bronze Certificate: Shake and Bake on the Equator by Tim Leffell, Bronze Certificate: The Galapagos by Small Ship by Peter Mandel, Silver Certificate: Getting Up to Speed by Peter Mandel and Bronze Certificate: Paolo Soleri and Me: The Artist's Model by Margie Goldsmith.

All were in different categories and faced stiff competition. Many such as Peter and Margie I have traveled with at some point, Peter in Norway and Margie in Jordan. Tim is one of the hardest working travel writers around. Congratulations to all of the winners! Maybe my trip to Nevis will give me something to enter next year?

http://www.besttravelwriting.com/