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Contributors
Chuck Graham
is a freelance writer and photographer living in
Carpinteria. When he’s not leading kayak tours on Anacapa
and Santa Cruz Islands, he’s freelancing for publications like
Backpacker, Canoe & Kayak, Sea Kayaker, Trail Runner,
Living Bird and Surfer’s Journal. He’s also editor of DEEP
magazine.
Richard Mineards
covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and
Daily Mail before moving to New York to write for Rupert
Murdoch’s newly launched Star magazine in 1978; Richard
later wrote for New York magazine’s “Intelligencer”. He
continues to make regular appearances on CBS, ABC,
and CNN, and moved to Montecito six years ago.
Hattie Beresford
is a native of the Netherlands and received her
Bachelor’s degree and teaching credential from University
of California Santa Barbara. She taught English and
American history for the Santa Barbara School District for
many years and retired from teaching in 2004. When she
is not immersed in some dusty tome, she can be found on
the tennis courts, hiking trails, or out on a kayak marveling
at the dolphins. She and her husband, former Dos Pueblos
volleyball coach Mike Beresford, are avid campers and
travelers.
Kelly Mahan
has been managing editor of Montecito Journal (Weekly)
since 2008. She moved to Santa Barbara to attend UCSB
where she received her degree in political science. Kelly
found her niche in journalism interning with a local TV station
covering local interest stories including the Santa Barbara
International Film Festival and major wildfires. Kelly has also
worked several red carpet events including the Golden
Globes, American Music Awards, and Academy of Country
Music Awards. In the mornings, she can be found pursuing
another passion: teaching Pilates.
Eva Van Prooyen
, as a quick-witted freckle-faced teenager with a quirky
sense of humor, moved from Truckee to the Santa Barbara
area in 1989. Since then, she has been Managing Editor
of Montecito Journal (Weekly), became co-founder and
co-owner of the Santa Ynez Valley Journal, worked for and
received her Master of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology
and now runs a busy Montecito-based private practice as
a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She continues
to write for various publications, enjoys a fast-paced game
of tennis when not chained to her keyboard and has
maintained her quick wit and quirky sense of humor.
Julian Nott
is a widely sought after balloon pilot, balloon design engineer,
scientist, lecturer and writer. He has broken 79 world
records including exceeding 55,000 feet in a balloon.
Recently he has become centrally involved in designing
research balloons for NASA to fly over other planets. This
has generated a wide interest in planetary exploration,
which he writes about in this issue and also the likelihood
of finding extra-terrestrial life throughout the solar system.
For more details please see www.NOTT.com.
Steven Libowitz
has reported on the arts and entertainment for more
than 30 years, has published his work in daily and weekly
newspapers in New Jersey and California, as well as in
Santa Barbara Magazine and a nationally syndicated
news service. When not at his computer or out on the
town, you’ll often find him playing volleyball at East Beach,
just a short jog from Montecito’s famous Butterfly Beach.
James Buckley
, founder/publisher of Montecito Journal (Weekly), is an
avid golfer who has allowed his love of the game to get
in the way of his other avocation: writing and publishing
a Thedim Fiste Mystery series, based upon the life,
foibles, exploits and discoveries of an editor of a weekly
newspaper in a small upscale community on the California
coast.
Christopher Buckley
’s 17th book of poetry, “Rolling The Bones,” won
the Tampa Review Prize for Poetry and was published
by the University of Tampa Press, 2010. He has published
two nonfiction books about growing up in Montecito-
Santa Barbara: “Cruising State” (1994), and “Sleep Walk”
(2006). For his work he has received a Guggenheim
Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts grants, a
Fulbright award in creative writing, and the James Dickey
Award from Five Points magazine.
Kia McInerny
is an author and freelance wine journalist whose wine
and travel essays have appeared internationally as well
as in the U.S. Kia’s interviews with noted collectors about
their passion for wine led to this issue’s cellar design
profiles. One of Anthony Dias Blue’s “Tasting Panel”
regulars, Kia resides in Montecito and Los Angeles with her
photographer husband. When not touring international
wine regions, Kia may be found cycling the scenic back
roads of Santa Barbara’s wine country.