Margie Goldsmith, winner of 101 awards including the Gold Lowell Thomas Award and SATW Journalist of the Year and three ASJA awards has traveled to 150 countries on seven continents and written about them all. She is a regular contributor to Business Jet Traveler, Wine, Dine and Travel and feature writer for Food & Travel. She has written over 1,000 magzine and newspaper articles and four books including her memoir, Becoming a Badass: From Fearful to Fierce. She writes travel, lifestyle, and CEO/celeb interviews. Goldsmith has recorded two albums of original blues songs (Margie Goldsmith & Friends, Parts 1 and 2). She plays blues harmonica and gives away harmonicas in third world countries.
SubjectsI write experiential articles and essays on everything from posh spas to daring adventures and profiles around the world and in NYC.
Skills
Writing CreditsBusiness Jet Traveler, Forbes.com, Shondaland.com, Robb Report, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, National Geographic Traveler, Travel and Leisure, The Globe and Mail, O the Oprah Magazine, Parade, Virtuoso, Coastal Living, Outside, Wine, Dine and Travel, Food & Travel.
Book CreditsMemoir: Becoming a Badass: Fro Fearful to Fierce; novel: Screw Up, non-fiction: Masters of the Harmonica, and Artist: Alic Dalton Brown and essays in anthologies including: Travelers Tales, The Walker Within, In Search of Adventure: A Wild Travel Anthology, National Geographic’s Sacred Places, The New York City Guide, Visible Ink
Awards, Honors, AppointmentsI have won 101 creative writing awards including the prestigious SATW (Society of American Travel Writers) Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards, SATW Journalist of the Year, ASJA Gold Award, Outdoor Writers of America Gold Award, multiple Gold, Silver and Bronze NATJA (North American Travel Journalism Association) Awards, four Folio Awards.
As author, unless indicated otherwise.
Afer surviving cancer three imes, I traveled the world to learn about and escape death.
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