I’m honored that my second collection of travel stories, Your Crocodile has Arrived: More True Stories from a Curious Traveler, won the following awards:
Readers’ Favorite 2018: Gold Award in the Travel Books category.
North American Book Awards 2019: Silver Award in the Travel category.
San Francisco Book Festival 2020: Honorable mention in the General Non-fiction category.
Independent Press Award 2020: Winner in the Travel category.
American Book Fest 2019 Best Book Awards: Finalist
My first collection of travel stories, Lost, Kidnapped, Eaten Alive! True Stories from a Curious Traveler, won the following awards:
North American Book Awards 2017: Silver Award in the Travel category.
San Francisco Book Festival 2017: First Place Winner in the General Non-fiction category.
Independent Press Award 2017: Distinguished Favorite in the Travel category.
BATW-Best Awards 2017: Gold Award in the Travel Books category.
Many of my essays and photos are also award winners; here are two biggies I’m thrilled about:
Silk from Ashes, about the impact one woman, her bra, and 11,640 insect eggs made on war-torn Croatia, won the 2013 Lowell Thomas Gold Award for Cultural Tourism.
My photo of a tiny frog nestled—nearly hidden—in the leaves of a colorful kalancho won first place in the Natural World category of Smithsonian magazine’s annual international photo contest (there were 60,000 entries).
I’m honored that my second collection of travel stories, Your Crocodile has Arrived: More True Stories from a Curious Traveler, won the following awards:
