Vera Marie Badertscher

Location: Tucson, AZ, United States

Member Since: 20 March 2001

Professional Associations

 Travelwriters.com

Introduction

See Web site: www.pen4hire.com

CURRENT TRAVEL

Recent trips include Albuquerque, Navajo Reservation, Louisiana Cajun Country, Chicago, Nashville, Philadelphia, Delaware's Brandywine Valley, St. Lucia (Caribbean) and Amish Country in Ohio. Also San Francisco and Richmond. Coming soon London, Greece and Ireland as well as San Antonio, Idaho and Tampa. Articles ready on fractional real estate, Brandywine Valley, Acoma Pueblo, Sedona, Santa Fe, New Orleans, St.Lucia, and Le Marche in Italy.

BIO

Vera Marie Badertscher has lived in and explored Arizona and the west for thirty-five years. She has traveled widely in Asia and Europe as well as forty-five of the fifty states. When she was barely one year old, her family went on a road trip from Ohio to Mississippi. Since that first trip she has scaled the narrow steps of Angkor Wat, meandered through old Jerusalem, scrunched across a New Zealand glacier, inhaled the wild thyme on Greek mountains, shared a dusty road with mules in Mata Ortiz, Mexico and swayed with a midnight crowd at an Easter paseo in Seville. These are just a sampling of the experiences she shares with her readers. From her home in Arizona she writes about Gila monsters, hawks and back road adventures as well as lifestyle, home, and the arts.

She is currently drawing on her knowledge of American Indian Art to write a biography with Charnell Havens: Quincy Tahoma: The Final Chapter. See information at http://tahoma.info

Selected Awards

2006 and 2007 National Federation of Press Women, 1st place national award for magazine travel articles.

2005 National Federation of Press Women, 1st place national award for web feature.

2004 Arizona Press Women 1st place awards in web feature, magazine feature, and travel writing.

2004 Fraternity Editors Association Honor Mention for Profile.

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Contact at veramarie@pen4hire.com or 520-820-0299

Experience & Expertise

Although I specialize in the Southwestern United States, I have traveled in Greece, Scandinavia, Cambodia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, Israel, Switzerland, Mexico, Canada, England, St. Petersburg Russia, Spain, Austria and Hungary and forty of the fifty states. I am a member of the Society of Southwest Authors and National Federation of Press Women and have conducted workshops on travel writing.

Publishing Credentials

National Geographic Traveler, Arizona Highways, Steinway & Sons, Rolls Royce Owner's Desk Diary, Rolls Royce Owner's Luxury Travel Guide, Phoenix Magazine, Home and Away, The Motorist, Frontier Airlines, Bride Again, Arizona Highroads,Tucson Guide, Arizona Living,Texas Journeys, Hoosier Home & Away,europeanvisits.com, killingthebuddha.com

Awards Received

First place national award for travel writing in 2006 and 2007 from National Federation of Press Women. First place national award for web essays from NFPW. Honorable mention for profiles from Fraternity Editors of America.

Clips & Samples (View All 16)

 Beautiful Monster, Arizona Highways

 The International Spy Museum, Home & Away Hoosier

 Jefferson Hotel, Home & Away Hoosier

 Swedish Ship Vasa, On line Renaissance Central

 Literary New Orleans, Home & Away Hoosier