Holly Morris is the founder of Adventure Divas, Inc., a multimedia production company, and is executive producer and writer/director of the award-winning prime-time PBS documentary series Adventure Divas. She is the former editorial director of Seal Press and the editor of two fishing anthologies, A Different Angle and Uncommon Waters. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Ms., Outside, and numerous anthologies and on abcnews.com. When she’s not writing or producing television documentaries, Morris is a correspondent for television series such as Lonely Planet Treks in America, Treks in a Wild World, Globe Trekkers, and Outdoor Investigations.
“A delightful triangulation of adventure travel, telecommuting and
self-reinvention...[Morris] can be hilarious….[Her]
self-deprecating wit, sense of pacing and brainy insights into the
nature of fear and self-reliance hold the book together….When
Morris becomes her own subject, the result is always vibrant
honesty.…[she] is not afraid to show her everyday self on the page,
which is invigorating in a genre that too often has only two
speeds: turbo self-aggrandizement and ambling naturalist
instrospection. The female perspective is also refreshing: how many
men could survive not one but two international waxing
appointments–Brazilian and Persian?”
–The New York Times Book Review
"Writing with compassion, humor, and activism, Morris empowers
women to follow their dreams by showing that determined women can
indeed effect change in their lives. Highly recommended."
–Library Journal
“Morris shows an admirable fearlessness… genuinely interesting
subject matter.”
–Kirkus Reviews
“This is not just about travel, although it’s as adventurous as can
be.…Morris’ interviews…are thoughtful and probing…[and] her text
adds context–and humor–to the project, warts and all.”
–Booklist
“Smart, sexy, inspiring! Holly Morris is the ultimate adventure
diva. Whether she's deconstructing Cuban politics, finding meaning
in a Brazilian bikini wax, or succumbing to the pleasures of a
Tehran security pat down, Holly lives and writes like a brainy bad
girl. I loved reading Adventure Divas is like riding shotgun on a
high-octane global road trip.”
–Cameron Tuttle, author of The Bad Girl’s Guide to the Open
Road
"Let us celebrate Holly Morris and all of the other amazing,
hilarious, tough, and tender Adventure Divas in this book. There is
no substitute for the old-fashioned adventurer with frequent flier
miles, dirt on her boots, and new ideas."
–Sherman Alexie, author of The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in
Heaven
“Beware. If you read this remarkable book you will pack your bags
and go. And you will want to take Holly Morris with you as your
friend and guide–she notices everything and she’s wickedly
funny.”
–Susan Fox Rogers, editor of Solo: On Her Own Adventure
“Holly Morris is hip, wise, concerned, endlessly curious, fearless,
and fiercely independent–and her richly textured account of her
adventures is filled with more fun and excitement than The Perils
of Pauline.”
–Nick Lyons, author of Full Creel
“The Adventure Divas really do go where angels fear to tread. Meet
the 81-year-old Cuban poet and her 41-year-old husband; the
rebellious spirit behind Iran's foremost women's magazine; a
female Maori band-leader. Holly Morris has written a lively and
fascinating old-girl’s-guide paean to never holding back
on life. What woman–or man–can ask for more? Move over, Mr.
Hemingway.”
–Jacki Lyden, National Public Radio
“Holly Morris has given us a fresh and individualistic take on the
American tradition of lighting out for the territory.”
–Howell Raines, author of Fly Fishing Through the Midlife
Crisis
“Find your passport to excitement, enlightenment, intelligence and
ingenuity in Holly Morris's spirited exploration of the global
sisterhood. Adventure Divas is what the world needs now!”
–Evelyn C. White, author of Alice Walker: A Life
“Adventure Divas will inspire you to set out on your own journey.
Holly Morris is a delightful and trustworthy guide through many
exotic countries, friendships, and even the world of television
production. Still, Adventure Divas greatest contribution is
the female treasures–the obscure, ordinary, and
fabulous–Morris unearths around the world.”
–Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards, co-authors Grassroots:
A Field Guide to Feminist Activism and Manifesta: Young Women,
Feminism and the Future
“Adventure Divas is an internal journey as much as a movement
through a foreign landscape–a personal odyssey through uncharted
territory. Holly Morris encounters dragons, real and imagined,
within and without, finds shelters among strangers, and falters,
then moves on. In the end she returns with new knowledge–of
herself, the world, the act of journeying itself–to share in this
terrific book with those who stayed behind.”
–Karin Muller, author of Along the Inca Road: A Woman’s Journey
into an Ancient Empire
“Part travel narrative, part cultural and political analysis, with
a scathingly hilarious mother-daughter memoir deftly worked into
the mix, Adventure Divas is a deeply satisfying read.”
–Inga Muscio, author of Autobiography of a Blue-Eyed Devil
"[Morris is] a winning companion, a keen cultural observer, a free
but not
falsely upbeat spirit."
–Chicago Tribune
“Smart. Funny. Sarcastic. Creative. Gutsy. Morris…is all of the
above.”
–Seattle Post Intelligencer
"An unusual mix of activism and entertainment bringing the
comlexity and struggle of women's lives into focus."
–Sojourner
“Only a few women warriors have successfully stormed prime time.
There’s Xena. And the Femme Nikita. Now travel temptress Holly
Morris is giving it a try.”
–Orange County Register
"The Adventure Divas have some advice for firing up your soul!"
–USA Today
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