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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 such
as Backpacker, Canoe & Kayak, Sea
Kayaker, Trail Runner, Living Bird, and
Surfer’s Journal. He’s also editor of DEEP
magazine.
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.
Steven Libowitz
has reported on the arts and entertainment for more than
30 years. He 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.
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.
Jerry Camarillo Dunn, Jr.
has worked with the National Geographic Society
for 31 years and written hundreds of
magazine and newspaper feature
stories, as well as guidebooks for
Nat Geo and the Smithsonian. The
Society of American Travel writers has
recognized his work with three Lowell
Thomas Awards, the “Oscars” of travel
writing. He started his travel writing
career as a young vagabond with a
backpack, roaming around such exotic
spots as India (where he worked as
an extra in Bollywood movies for $4 a
day). Jerry’s Montecito Journal column,
“The Curious Traveler,” won the gold
medal for Best Travel Column 2011
from SATW. He wrote My Favorite
Place on Earth (National Geographic),
in which 75 remarkable people, from
the Dalai Lama to Natalie Portman, talk
about places they love.
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.
