Deborah Morgenthal is a freelance writer and editor. As former Editorial Director at Lark Books, she wrote and edited dozens of books about craft and art. She was a contributing writer for Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas and Inspired: Life in Penland’s Resident Artist and Core Fellowship Programs. She has lived in Asheville, North Carolina since 1986 and can’t imagine living anywhere else. When she’s not out hiking the trails of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Deborah can be reached at dmorgenthal5@gmail.com.
Paul Franklin has photographed, authored or co-authored more than 20 travel and destination books for numerous publishers, including Dorling Kindersley, Barnes and Noble, AAA publications, Voyageur Press. He has also contributed to several large-format travel anthologies, including National Geographic’s 500 Journeys of a Lifetime. His DK Eyewitness Travel Family Guide to Washington D.C. won the 2012 British Travel Press Award for Best New Travel Guidebook. Paul currently resides in a century-old farmhouse nestled in a small green valley just north of Asheville with his wife and partner Nancy, and a remarkably large, gentle Maine Coon cat named Zander. Paul can be contacted at paulfranklinphoto@gmail.com.