Lisa Wyatt Roe has lived in Tehran, Iran, a few parts of Texas and San Francisco. She majored in International Studies at Southwestern University in Georgetown and went through grad school in journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. She has nearly ten years of experience as a newspaper copy editor. Lisa is a traveling gal whose jaunts through Europe, North America and Asia have brought her much happiness and several pretty good stories.

Laurie Winfield spent some of her formative years in Tripoli, Libya, and Singapore because her daddy was in the oil “bidness.” She got her master’s degree at the University of Texas, then worked in Seoul, Tokyo and California in cross-cultural training. Since coming back to Austin in the ’90s, she’s worked in education and technical writing. She now manages a technical writing group at a local software company. Laurie travels to points unknown at least once a year and loves looking for adventures right here in Austin.

Austin Traveler Magazine is about stories — the type of stories we tell our friends after a trip. We’re looking for the true tales of travelers, not “if you go” pieces by professional travel writers. We want to encourage people to use their creativity and give them an outlet for sharing it. So the best stories will be published in print, and what we don’t have room for will go on our Web site. With fliers, e-mail lists and events, we’ll work hard to find the most interesting stories out there.