Katy Koontz's Page

Title:

freelance writer and editor

Company Website:

http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KatyKoontz/

Media Type:

Publishing

Media Realm:

Consumer Media

Home Region:

New England

Past Companies & Brands

McCall's magazine, travel and features editor
Success magazine, lifestyles editor
United Media Enterprises, associate editor
Playboy Guides to Fashion and Electronic Entertainment, researcher and staff writer

I'm Looking For:

Networking

Professional Background: (Resume)

I'm an award-winning freelance writer, author, and editorial consultant specializing in women's health (including mind/body), spirituality and consciousness, travel, and lifestyle topics. I write trend stories, service articles, personality profiles, news, and first-person essays. I also do ghostwriting, editing, researching, and book doctoring.

My articles have appeared in Health, Reader's Digest, Woman's Day, Redbook, McCall's, Glamour, Self, Playboy, National Geographic Traveler, The New York Times, Washington Post, Parents, Parenting, Family Fun, Shape, Southern Living, Ski, Body & Soul, Natural Health, Alternative Medicine, and many others.

My editorial consulting clients have included Christiane Northrup, M.D.; Mona Lisa Schulz, M.D., Ph.D.; Jerry Jampolsky, M.D.; Diane Cirincione, Ph.D.; and several others.

I updated the fifth edition of The Insiders’ Guide to The Great Smoky Mountains (Globe Pequot Press, 2007). In addition, I've contributed to the following travel books: Travelers' Tales Greece (Travelers' Tales, Inc., 2000), Fodor's National Parks and Seashores of the East (Fodor's Travel Publications, 1996), Gutsy Women: Travel Tips and Wisdom for the Road (Travelers' Tales, Inc., 1996), 500 Best USA Vacations: The Ultimate Guide to America's Treasures (Vacation Publications, 1996), See the USA the Easy Way (Reader's Digest Books, 1995) and Travelers' Tales: A Woman's World (Travelers' Tales, Inc., 1995).

I also co-authored Fifty Ways to Find a Lover (Bob Adams, Inc., 1989; second edition, 1991; also published in Brazil, Taiwan and China). The book sold more than 60,000 copies before going out of print a few years ago.

Personal Interests

reading, travel (the more remote and foreign the better), hiking, skiing, photography

Education:

Penn State University, B.A. in journalism, B.A. in anthropology, graduated with high distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, February 1981

My LinkedIn

Other Web Profile URL or Personal Web Site

http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KatyKoontz/

Relationship Status:

In a Relationship