R.C. Staab is a New York-based author, freelance travel writer, award-winning photographer, playwright, musical theater writer and lyricist. He frequently contributes to New Jersey Monthly magazine and writes for Matador Network, AARP.org, East-West News Service, AAA Mid-Atlantic, SheBuysTravel.com, GoWorldTravel.com, WithoutTheCrowds.com, MensHealth Online and other publications.
He has traveled the world and visited 49 of the 50 states seeking adventure, admiring museum, culture and history and climbing sand dunes from Namibia to Idaho. He has snorkeled with killer whales in Norway, sperm whales in Dominica and humpback whales in Turks & Caicos, viewed polar bears up close on the Hudson Bay, hiked the Amazon in Ecuador, done a walking tour of the Lake District in England, trekked Machu Pichu, climbed up 10,000 feet to the Tiger’s Nest in Bhutan, hiked through rain, snow and sunshine on New Zealand's best one-day hike and hung out with black bears at the Alaska Bear Camp.
He is the author of New York City Scavenger: The Ultimate Search for New York City's Hidden Treasures and 100 Things to Do at the Jersey Shore Before You Die which are both widely available online and in stores. He walked the entire Jersey Shore coastline from Sandy Hook to Cape May to promote 100 Things Jersey Shore, writing 60 plus stories about each beach or town on his trek.
He is long-time member of the Society of American Travel Writers. His off-Broadway musicals and plays have been produced in New York, San Francisco, England and the Midwest. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz was nominated for Best Musical off-off-Broadway in 2024 and Space Hamlet premiered in Norwich, England in 2025 and running off-West End London in October 2026. He is a three-time nominee for England’s Best New Song competition. He lives in New York City with his wife, Valari, an NBC TV Executive, and their dog, Skye.
