Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2018 - 10

CONTRIBUTORS

Bob Grytten

Nancy Henderson

Bob Grytten (Tufted Titmouse) has been
published in many national and regional
publications. When not on the computer, he's
either out photographing nature or helping
others in the wilds of Western North Carolina.
bobgrytten.com for more information and
workshop info.

(Creature Feature, Chris Kappler), is an awardwinning journalist and author who enjoys
writing about interesting people and places. Her
work has appeared in Smithsonian, The New York
Times, The Wall Street Journal, Southern Living
and many other publications. An avid flower
gardener and nature enthusiast, she's written
the Creature Feature column for Blue Ridge
Country since 1998.

Cathryn McCue

Angela Minor

A Yankee transplant to the South, Cathryn
McCue (Mountain Report), has been an
environmental writer for 30 years as a journalist
and communications specialist for nonprofit
advocacy organizations. Her work has appeared
in dozens of state and national publications. She
has hiked, biked, paddled or cross-country skied
most everywhere in the Appalachian region.

Chris Olson

Robin Roenker

Growing up in Virginia, Chris Olson (Ice Cream)
has maintained a passion for fresh air and beautiful
places throughout much of his life. He continues
to share this passion through his work as a writer
and photographer, while spending summers as a
climbing guide in Acadia National Park.

Freelance writer Robin Roenker (John Fox, Jr.)
often reports on the people and places of her
native Kentucky. During her days as a graduate
student in North Carolina, she frequently
camped in the Blue Ridge Mountains-and
hopes one day to introduce her three sons to
the region's beauty.

Linda Shockley
Linda Shockley (Brown Mountain
Lights), a daughter of the Blue Ridge
Mountains, is a writer based in New
York City. She was a music columnist
for The New Mexican, frequent arts
contributor to Albuquerque Journal,
and a food columnist for Herb
Companion magazine. Her poetry has
been published in Rolling Stone and
Dance Ink magazines. She has two
unfinished screenplays sitting in a
drawer.

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Angela Minor has lived, traveled, (and
birded) across the southern U.S. to the Rocky
Mountains, in Alaska and the Caribbean, and
seven countries in Europe. Freelance travel
writer is her third career, following teacher and
small business owner. She serves as a field editor
with Birds & Blooms and as "Park Watch" beat
writer for 10,000 Birds; and authors the state
park birding series for Bird Watcher's Digest.

BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COM

Joan
Vannorsdall
(Mary the Elephant)
knew from age 12
she would live in the
Blue Ridge...and aside
from a few years in the
Midwest, she's been true
to her word. She calls
Clifton Forge, Virginia home, spending her
time writing and teaching yoga. In addition
to stories for Blue Ridge Country, she's the
author of two novels, "Solitary Places" and
"The Hearts of Soldiers." Her op-ed essays
have appeared in the New York Times and
Washington Post. Her third novel, "The
Other Side of the River," is in progress.

Eric J.
Wallace
(Salt) has appeared
in Canoe & Kayak,
Adventure Kayak,
Modern Farmer, All
About Beer, Twisted
South, Scalawag,
Deep South, and
other national magazines. He is a
frequent contributor to numerous
regional publications such as Blue
Ridge Outdoors, Life Outside, Blue Ridge
Country, Shenandoah Valley Living,
Appalachian Voices, The Piedmont
Virginian, and others. Presently, he
writes a travel and outdoors column for
The Daily Progress.
http://www.bobgrytten.com http://www.BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COM
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