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 three travel narratives set in France and Spain, Cafe Oc—A Nomad's Tales of Magic, Mystery and Finding Home in the Dordogne of Southwestern France (Shanti Arts Publishing), Cafe Neandertal—Excavating Our Past In One of Europe's Most Ancient Places (Counterpoint Press), and The Way of the Wild Goose—Three Pilgrimages Following Geese, Stars, and Hunches on the Camino de Santiago (Monkfish Book Publishing). I also have written several comprehensive travel guides on Spain and France, including The Spiritual Traveler Spain—A Guide to Sacred Sites and Pilgrim Routes (Paulist Press), Historic Walking Guides: Madrid (DestinWorld Publishing), and most recently, now in its second edition, Moon Camino de Santiago—Sacred Sites, Historic Villages, Local Food & Wine (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 see my Articles.
Some insightful video and podcast conversations about my books and about being a writer and anthropologist:
On The Way of the Wild Goose: My Camino, I'm Awake, Now What?, The Camino Café, Monkfish Book Publishing, and The Camino Podcast
On Moon Camino de Santiago and on being a guidebook writer on the Camino de Santiago: The Camino Podcast
On Cafe Neandertal: Upper Pen Podcast
On being a travel writer: Stephanie Elizondo Griest's blog, Around the Blog
On The Way of the Wild Goose: My Camino, I'm Awake, Now What?, The Camino Café, Monkfish Book Publishing, and The Camino Podcast
On Moon Camino de Santiago and on being a guidebook writer on the Camino de Santiago: The Camino Podcast
On Cafe Neandertal: Upper Pen Podcast
On being a travel writer: Stephanie Elizondo Griest's blog, Around the Blog
