Anneli Rufus

Anneli Rufus is an award-winning [ [http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=oid%3A174403 "Bay Guardian, East Bay Express Land SPJ Awards" "Association of Alternative Newsweeklies." November 22, 2006.] ] American journalist and author. [ [http://crimemagazine.com/rufusbio.htm Anneli Rufus biography at Crime Magazine] ]

Born in Los Angeles, California, she first went to college in Santa Barbara, then to the University of California, Berkeley. Rufus earned an English degree and became a journalist. She's written for many publications, including Salon.com, the "San Francisco Chronicle" and the "Boston Globe". Currently she is the literary editor for the "East Bay Express", an alternative weekly newspaper. She is now married and resides in Berkeley, California.

Rufus is the author of many books, including "The Farewell Chronicles: How We Really Respond to Death" (2005) and "Party of One: The Loners' Manifesto" (2002), as well as off-beat travel books co-authored with her husband, Kristan Lawson.

Bibliography

*"Europe Off the Wall: A Guide to Unusual Sites" (1988) ISBN 0471637378 (with Kristan Lawson)
*"America Off the Wall: The West Coast: A Guide to Unusual Sites" (1989) ISBN 0471622699 (with Kristan Lawson)
*"Goddess Sites: Europe: Discover Places Where the Goddess Has Been Celebrated and Worshipped Throughout Time" (1991) ISBN 0062507478 (with Kristan Lawson)
*"The World Holiday Book: Celebrations for Every Day of the Year" (1994) ISBN 0062509128
*"Weird Europe: A Guide to Macabre, Bizarre and Just Plain Weird Sights" (1999) ISBN 0312198736 (with Kristan Lawson)
*"Magnificent Corpses: Searching Through Europe for St. Peter's Head, St. Claire's Heart, St. Stephen's Hand, and Other Saintly Relics" (1999) ISBN 1569246874
*"California Babylon: A Guide to Scandal, Mayhem and Celluloid in the Golden State" (2000) ISBN 0312263856
*"Party of One: The Loners' Manifesto" (2002) ISBN 1569245134
*"The Farewell Chronicles: How We Really Respond to Death" (2005) ISBN 1569243816
*"Stuck: Why We Can't (or Won't) Move On" (2008) ISBN 1585426679

References

External links

* [http://www.annelirufus.com Homepage]
* [http://alternet.org/authors/7837 Alternet articles archive ]
* [http://www.sundaysalon.org/archives.asp?offset=10 Interviewed on KPFA Radio, 12/24/2006 ]
* [http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=9741 Interviewed on KPFA Radio, 8/22/05 ]
* [http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2005/08/16 Interviewed on WNYC Radio, 8/16/05 ]
* [http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2003/03/31 Interviewed on WNYC Radio, 3/31/03 ]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1070607 Interviewed on NPR Radio, 2/19/00]
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/05/04/LV284573.DTL "San Francisco Chronicle": Berkeley author Anneli Rufus shares the pleasures of a misunderstood breed]
* [http://www.sptimes.com/2003/03/06/news_pf/Floridian/Loner____or_paranoiac.shtml "St. Petersburg Times": Loner . . . or paranoiac? ]
* [http://www.nysun.com/article/52703 "New York Sun": Loners vs. Loneliness ]