jen leo: Bylines

Below are a list of books, magazines and web sites that Jen has co-edited and/or contributed to. I encourage you to support your local independent bookstore searchable by city, zip code, and country on Bookweb.org. For your convenience, the books are also available right here through Amazon.com. Click the title if you'd like to order a book.

Books

The Thong Also Rises The Thong Also Rises: Further Misadventures from Funny Women on the Road
Edited by Jennifer L. Leo
Travelers' Tales

Jen wrote the Introduction.

Panties Whose Panties Are These? More Misadventures from Funny Women on the Road
Edited by Jennifer L. Leo
Travelers' Tales

Jen's Story: Squeaky Clean and Then Some

Hyenas Hyenas Laughed at Me and Now I Know Why
Edited by Edited by Sean O'Reilly, Larry Habegger, and James O'Reilly
Travelers' Tales

Jen's Story: Boxcar Steve

Sand in My BraBestseller!
Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write from the Road
Edited by Jennifer L. Leo
Travelers' Tales

Jen's Story: A Prude in Patpong

"Bursting with exuberant candor and crackling humor, Sand in My Bra is sure to leave readers feeling that to not have an adventure to remember is a great loss indeed....will definitely light a fire under the behinds of, as the dedication states, 'all the women who sit at home or behind their desks bitching that they never get to go anywhere.'"
— Publishers Weekly

Wild Writing Women Wild Writing Women: Stories of World Travel
Edited by The Wild Writing Women
Globe-Pequot

Jen's Stories: Fast Luck, Chinese Like Me

"...the most distinctive and appealing travel anthology of the year."
— Tim Cahill

A Women's Path A Woman's Path: Women's Best Spiritual Travel Writing
Edited by Lucy McCauley, Amy G. Carlson, & Jennifer Leo
Travelers' Tales

"A sensitive exploration of women's lives that have been unexpectedly and spiritually touched by travel experiences...highly recommended."
— Library Journal

A Woman's Passion for Travel A Woman's Passion for Travel: More True Stories from A Woman's World
Edited by Marybeth Bond and Pamela Michael
Travelers' Tales

Jen's Story: Chinese Like Me

"Reading these essays is like sharing a fine bottle of wine with the world's coolest women."
— Kimberly Brown, Travel Editor for Amazon.com

The Adventure of Food The Adventure of Food: True Stories of Eating Everything
Edited by Richard Sterling
Travelers' Tales

Jen's Story: Great Expectations

"...features lively memoirs by renowned food writers."
— Bon Appetit

Hong Kong Lonely Planet World Food Guides: Hong Kong
By Richard Sterling
Lonely Planet

Jen's Story: The Art of Hospitality

365 Travel 365 Travel: A Daily Book of Journeys, Meditations, and Adventures
Edited by Lisa Bach
Travelers' Tales

Jen's Story: A Dream Fulfilled

"Another book that would make a good gift for travelers is 365 Travel...a collection of short memoirs of journeys, meditations on travel and small slices of adventure...makes you want to go tomorrow."
— Daily Herald (IL)

Hawaii Travelers' Tales Hawaii
Edited by Rick and Marcie Carroll

Jen's Story: an epilogue on pages 327-328; Island Romance

"...editors Rick and Marcie Carroll...have transported us there through this terrific collection of stories about life in the islands."
— Chicago Tribune


Magazines

Jen's profile of Phil Gordon kicked off the Men of Poker series for Women Poker Player. Buy their September issue to check it out.

She also has a small review of Phil's DVD, Expert Insight: Final Table Poker, in the September issue of Playboy.

Jen's article about Asian American women poker players appeared in the June/July issue of Audrey.

Jen occasionally writes travel trend pieces for the "Your Time" section of TIME. Her piece about Mobissimo.com, "The Google of Travel Searches" in the Jun. 28, 2004 issue, rose to the #1 slot for "Most Emailed Stories" on TIME.com (June 24, 2004).

"Eurailing 101," appeared in the Summer 2004 issue of Student Traveler Magazine. It came from her Spring 2004 train travels.

Jen's article "KEEPING THE PEACE: Travel partner driving you nuts? Avoid bloodshed -- beginning with a pre-departure checklist," begins on page 25 of STA Travel's Break Magazine (Spring ’04).


Web Sites

Have you been to Jen's blog yet? WrittenRoad.com is one part news, market leads, and advice for travel writers, and the rest is about Jen's life as a travel writer. Written Road was named one of Writers Digest's 2005 101 Best Websites for Writers.
"I like to tune into every couple of days to get a little glimpse of the writer's life by someone who's living it. She's not Paul Theroux, but her writing is sharp and in its own way more accessible (certainly less grouchy). She's real, and her colorful, slice-of-life stories are just plain fun."

—"Blogalicious Feature - Jen Leo's Written Road," Erik Olsen, Gadling.com

Viva Las Vegas!
Jen is building a travel website based on the idea that anyone can have fun in Las Vegas. Even if—don't say it—you hate gambling. VivaLasVegasBlog.com is a full service travel website in the making. Hold on to your hats and glasses because Jen won't stop writing about Vegas until every rock of fun has been overturned. And that's not possible! There is an endless sea of fun in Glitter Gulch.

Jen is the first Feature Editor for HotelChatter.com. Recently reviewed in TIME, it's debuting with a bang. Topics range from celebrity spottings, new and notable, wireless digs, and of course reviews of the good, the bad, and the mediocre. If you know of any hotel goss that you'd like to be considered, send it to jen@hotelchatter.com.

Jen's missives frequently appear on the Travelers' Tales Flying Carpet.

During a seven month trip to Australia and Thailand, Jen maintained a travelogue on her favorite web site, BootsnAll.com. Her t-log, "I Wanna Be a Travel Writer" is still archived on their site and continues to draw positive responses. Two of her favorite stories from the t-log are:

  • A Prude in Patpong and
  • The Beauties of Brisbane


    Newspapers

    East Bay Express April 2002
    Book review of Super Cargo: A Journey Among Ports by Thornton McCamish




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