The Best Women's Travel Writing (31 page)

ABOUT THE EDITOR

Lavinia Spalding is the author of
Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler
, chosen one of the best travel books of 2009 by the
Los Angeles Times
, and coauthor of
With a Measure of Grace: The Story and Recipes of a Small Town Restaurant
. She also edited
The Best Women's Travel Writing 2011
. A regular contributor to
Yoga Journal
, her work has appeared in a wide variety of literary and travel publications, including
Sunset
magazine,
Gadling
,
World Hum
,
Post Road
, and
Inkwell
.

She lives in San Francisco and can always be found at
www.laviniaspalding.com
. Visit her there to see more of her work and to read interviews with the authors from The Best Women's Travel Writing series.