- Laurie Gough
Laurie Gough is an author of travel books and
freelance writer. She has been lauded by "Time Magazine " as "one of the new generation of intrepid young female travel writers".Fact|date=March 2008Gough is the author of "
Kiss the Sunset Pig : An American Road-trip with Exotic Detours", published in 2006. [ISBN 1840244887.] In 1999 she published "Kite Strings of the Southern Cross: A Woman's Travel Odyssey", [ISBN 1885211309] published in Canada as "Island of the Human Heart ", which wasshortlist ed for theThomas Cook Travel Book Award , and silver medal winner of "ForeWord Magazine "'s Travel Book of the Year in the US.She is the author of numerous travel articles. Sixteen of her stories have been anthologized in various literary travel books, including salon.com's "Wanderlust: Real-Life Tales of Adventure and Romance"; [George, Don (ed.) (2001). "Wanderlust: Real-Life Tales of Adventure and Romance". ISBN 0333905024.] "AWOL: Tales for Travel-Inspired Minds"; [Barclay, Jennifer and Logan, Amy (contributors) (2003). "AWOL: Tales for Travel-Inspired Minds". Random House of Canada, Limited. ISBN 0679312153.] "Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write from the Road"; [Leo, Jennifer (ed.) (2003). "Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write from the Road". San Francisco: Travelers' Tales. ISBN 1885211929.] "Hyenas Laughed at Me and Now I Know Why: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure"; [O'Reilly, Sean; Habegger, Larry; and O'Reilly, James (eds.) (2003). "Hyenas Laughed at Me and Now I Know Why: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure". San Francisco: Travelers' Tales. ISBN 188521197X.] and "A Woman's Passion for Travel: True Stories of World Wanderlust". [Bond, Marybeth and Michael, Pamela (eds.) (2004). "A Woman's Passion for Travel: True Stories of World Wanderlust". San Francisco: Travelers' Tales. ISBN 1932361146.]
She has written for
salon.com , "The Los Angeles Times ", "The Globe and Mail ", "The National Post ", "Outpost", "Canadian Geographic ", and numerous literary journals. Gough is married, has a little boy, and lives in bothGuelph, Ontario , andWakefield, Quebec .Notes and references
External links
# [http://lauriegough.com lauriegough.com] Official website
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