HI THERE
I 've been writing about New England, for the Boston Globe and Yankee Magazine as well as in books since the late 60's. My first book How New England Happened (1975, Little Brown) presented the region's history in terms of what you can see. Since then I've launched two guidebook series: the Explorers Guides published by Countryman Press, now a subsidiary of WWW.Norton, and The Best Places to Stay series published byu Houghton Miflin (no longer in print).

My Explorers Guides examine New England states, region by region describing what makes each area special as well as supplying all the information - from small town museum hours to lodging and dining prices, offering a sense of what there is to see and do. Maine, An Explorer's Guide , now in its 14th edition, has sold more than 150,000 copies. I 'm indebted to a series of Maine co-aouthors, most recently to Nancy English of Portland.

My able co-author for the current, 11th edition of Vermont, An Explorer's Guide is Diane Foulds of Burlington and Chrinstine Hamm od Hopkington co-authors the 6th edition of New Hampshire, An Explorer's Guide . The format for the Exlorer's Guide is so detailed that Massachusetts, the first guide in this series, has morphed into The Berkshire Hills and Pioneer Valley, An Explorer's Guide, which I co-author with Bill Davis, former Boston Globe travel editor and feature writer and my husband.

I'm a member of the Society of American Travel Writers, a former member of its Guidebook Institute and a fomer New England chapter chair of SATW. I have also received awards from the New England InnKeepers and the Maime Tourism Association and recieved a Lila-Wallace fellowship to research the history of New England tourism at the American Antiquarian Society.