Writer and photographer Amanda Castleman specializes in health, science, technology and travel (nature/adventure). Her work has appeared in AARP, Afar, BBC Travel, Bon Appétit, Coastal Living, Hidden Compass, Outside, National Geographic, The New York Times, Robb Report, Salon, Sierra, Scuba Diving, The Seattle Times and Wired, as well as the Guardian, Sunday Express and various in-flights. Despite her yoga-and-yogurt tendencies, she’s a former wilderness guide. She has won Lowell Thomas awards for adventure and cultural coverage, and also a grand silver Solas Award for Best Travel Writing and a silver for reporting about travels by water.
American by birth, this author spent eight years in Europe, after earning a B.A. in Latin and Classical Studies. She lived on a traditional narrowboat, moored on the Oxford Canal in England. She also endured two years swilling espresso in Italy, then moved on to Greece, Cyprus and Turkey.
Seattle, her native city in the Pacific Northwest, has been her home base again since 2004. She lives with her partner Doug Spaulding and two monstrously spoiled cats.
