About Beebe
I am an award winning freelance travel writer and anthropologist passionate for European, Atlantic, and Mediterranean cultures.
Widely published in travel, food and wine, outdoors and adventure, archaeology, spiritual, pilgrimage, and other cross-cultural topics, I have lived and traveled in the diverse cultures of Europe, North Africa, Southwest Asia, and across North America.
My background in anthropology trained me in the cultures, languages, peoples, prehistory and history of the Atlantic and Mediterranean worlds. I write most on France and Spain and am often there unearthing new discoveries about these rich and multilayered places.
My primary writing forms and genres are travel narratives, guides, memoirs, profiles, and essays for books, magazines, and websites. My literary agent is Laura Strachan of Strachan Literary Agency who represents me for all book length works except for travel guides.
I have written two travel narratives on France, Cafe Oc—A Nomad's Tales of Magic, Mystery and Finding Home in the Dordogne of Southwestern France (Shanti Arts Publishing), and Cafe Neandertal—Excavating Our Past In One of Europe's Most Ancient Places (Counterpoint Press). I also have written travel books on Spain, including The Spiritual Traveler Spain—A Guide to Sacred Sites and Pilgrim Routes (Paulist Press), Historic Walking Guides: Madrid (DestinWorld Publishing), and my just-released guidebook on the Camino de Santiago, Moon Camino de Santiago (Avalon Travel/Hachette Book Group). To learn more about my books, please visit the Books page.
I also write two blogs: The Pilgrim's Way Cafe, dedicated to pilgrimage, trekking, and exploring the world at the pace of the spirit, on foot; and Cafe Oc, exploring the rich cultural and natural terrain of southwestern France, the Pyrenees, and northern Spain.
My work also appears in BBC Travel, Wine Enthusiast, Archaeology, The Pennsylvania Gazette, The Bark, Best Women's Travel Writing, Transitions Abroad, Perceptive Travel, Expedition, Michelin Green Guides, and National Geographic books, among others. To read more, please check out my Articles.
Curious about the life of a freelance travel writer?
In reality, it's not a whole lot of romance but it is satisfying if it's for you. You certainly don't go into it for the money. Moreover, it requires a lot of work, often that overflows into the part of the day, night, or weekend that others are taking time to chill, It's also a lot like being simultaneously employed and unemployed, requiring doing the work and looking for work at once. But it affords freedom, travel, and rich experience that no amount of money can buy.
Is it worth it? If you are like me and cannot not write and love to journey into the world's vast richness and beauty, then perhaps it is. It certainly is a process and a long-term commitment.
Here are two fun and informative interviews about the freelance travel writer's life: a podcast conversation with fellow guidebook writer Dave Whitson on his Camino Podcast; and on fellow travel writer Stephanie Elizondo Griest's blog, Around the Blog.
In reality, it's not a whole lot of romance but it is satisfying if it's for you. You certainly don't go into it for the money. Moreover, it requires a lot of work, often that overflows into the part of the day, night, or weekend that others are taking time to chill, It's also a lot like being simultaneously employed and unemployed, requiring doing the work and looking for work at once. But it affords freedom, travel, and rich experience that no amount of money can buy.
Is it worth it? If you are like me and cannot not write and love to journey into the world's vast richness and beauty, then perhaps it is. It certainly is a process and a long-term commitment.
Here are two fun and informative interviews about the freelance travel writer's life: a podcast conversation with fellow guidebook writer Dave Whitson on his Camino Podcast; and on fellow travel writer Stephanie Elizondo Griest's blog, Around the Blog.
