Katie Riley is an award winning journalist whose work has appeared in numerous national and international publications including Food and Wine, Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, BBC, Thrillist and USA Today. She writes about travel, food and beverage, lifestyle and design. Her fiction has been twice-nominated for the Best New American Voices series and she is a two time winner of the Best Travel Writing award from the National Association for Parenting in Media. Katie has a bachelor's degree in English and Theatre from Dickinson College and an M.A. in Writing from The Johns Hopkins University. She resides in Annapolis, Maryland, where she enjoys exploring the Chesapeake Bay, a frequent topic of her writing.