Colleen Kinder is an essayist and travel writer, loosely based in too many places. Her work has appeared in
The New York Times Magazine, the
New Republic,
The Wall Street Journal,
A Public Space,
The Atlantic,
National Geographic Traveler,
Salon,
The Virginia Quarterly Review,
Creative Nonfiction,
Ms.,
The New York Times Travel Section, and
Best American Travel Writing. She’s the co-founder of
Off Assignment and is currently writing a book about working on a cruise ship. You can visit her at
her website.