The adventures of a travel blogger and author
Marybeth, a National Geographic travel writer, has authored 12 books about women’s travel. She also contributes to the New York Times, ivillage.com, Escape Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, SideofCulture.com, GoWorldTravel.com, and TravelGirl Magazine. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of GutsyTraveler.com and the travel columnist at The Ark.
Marybeth and Oprah
Her credentials include three travel books for National Geographic and numerous articles for the publication.
Marybeth is a travel blogger and author for National Geographic, with three travel books and numerous articles to her name. Her book “Gutsy Women” has sold over 90,000 copies and has been translated into three languages.
Marybeth’s Books
Arctic and Antarctic adventures
Recently, Marybeth tracked polar bears and swam with beluga whales in the Canadian Arctic, and kayaked through icebergs in Antarctica.
Award-winning author
Marybeth’s 12 award-winning books include “A Woman’s World,” a national best seller that won the Lowell Thomas Gold Medal for the best travel book from the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation. Marybeth was a featured guest on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” with her book “Gutsy Women.”
Marybeth has appeared on more than 250 television and radio shows, including CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS Morning News, and National Public Radio. She also acted as the “Smart Traveler” radio host for the nationally syndicated Outside Radio show and as the travel expert/columnist for the Travel Channel on ivillage.com. Her work has also appeared in USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, Elle, Cosmopolitan, More Magazine, First for Women, and others. She has been a contributing editor at TravelGirl Magazine for 12 years.
Marybeth was on the cover of Outside Magazine, featuring her story of “How to Make the Great Escape” and how she found romance in Kathmandu” (he ended up her husband). She also hosted her own syndicated travel radio show for the magazine.
In another life…
In a past life, Marybeth was a successful businesswoman with Xerox and Honeywell. However, her insatiable taste for adventure could not be quelled, so she quit her job in San Francisco and spent two years traveling the world alone.
Marybeth has lived with nomads in the Thar Desert of India, Sherpa families in Nepal, Karen tribes in Thailand, the “Black Thai” hill tribes in Vietnam, gamelan musicians in Bali, Gaelic dairy farmers on the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland, and Navajo sheep farmers on tribal lands in the American Southwest.