Holly Morris (author)
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| Born | Holly Marie Morris 30 September 1965[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, film and TV director/producer, travel documentary host, |
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| Website | www.hollymorris.com |
Holly Morris (born September 30, 1965[1]) is an American author,[2] documentary director/producer and television presenter. Her articles have been published in The New York Times Book Review, More, O, Slate, The Daily Telegraph, The Week and other national publications.
Early life
[edit]Morris was born in Chicago, Illinois, US. She is the daughter of former professional football player Johnny Morris and Jeannie Morris, a sports reporter and writer. Johnny Morris was a Chicago Bears wide receiver[3] who became a long-time sportscaster for WBBM-TV in Chicago [4] and a football color commentator with CBS Sports. Jeannie Morris is the author of the best-selling book Brian Piccolo: A Short Season,[5] the story of an American National Football League player who died of cancer at the age of 26.
Career
[edit]Author
She is the author of Adventure Divas: Searching the Globe for a New Kind of Heroine (Random House), a New York Times Editor’s Choice,[6] and contributes to many publications, including “O,” The New York Times, The Week and The Independent. Her story about a subculture of illegal ‘Stalkers’ inside the Chernobyl’s Dead Zone appeared in SLATE.
In 2010, her article "A Country of Women" was published.[7]
Creative activist
Morris is the former Editorial Director of the book publishing company Seal Press,[8] where she edited the Adventura series – ground breaking books about women explorers, travelers, and environmental issues. As an editorial director, she acquired and edited fiction and non-fiction on diverse topics including third wave feminism, health, international politics, and travel.
Personal life
[edit]Morris lives in Brooklyn, New York, and Santa Fe, NM, with her partner Michael Kovnat and their daughter.[citation needed]
Works
[edit]As director/producer
- Exposure
- The Babushkas of Chernobyl
- Adventure Divas - 8 episodes, PBS
As travel host
- Globe Trekker
- Outdoor Investigations
- Treks in a Wild World
- Adventure Divas
- Gringo Trails
As author
- Adventure Divas: Searching the Globe for a New Kind of Heroine (2005, 2006)
- Best Travel Writing: 2013 (2013)
- Best Women's Travel Literature (2013)
- Go Your Own Way (2007)
- 100 Places Every Woman Should Go (2007)
- Cuba in Mind (2004)
- Homefield: 9 Writers at Bat (2004)
- A Woman Alone (2001)
- Gifts of the Wild (1998)
- Two in the Wild (1998)
- Another Wilderness (1993)
- Reading the Water (1993)
As editor
- Uncommon Waters: Women Write About Fishing (1991)
- A Different Angle: Fly Fishing Stories by Women (1995, 1996)
As Documentary Subject
- Hedgebrook: Women Authoring Change (2014)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Excerpt: 'Adventure Divas'". Good Morning America. ABC News. October 3, 2005. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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- ^ "Holly Morris". amazon.com. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ "Chicago Bears Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Another Johnny Ends Long TV Run". The Chicago Tribune. May 25, 1992. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ "Brian Piccolo: A Short Season". Goodreads.com. March 15, 2004. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ "Editors' Choice". The New York Times. November 6, 2005. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ^ "A Country of Women | MORE Magazine". December 11, 2013. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ^ "New York Times New York City Poll, June 2005". ICPSR Data Holdings. February 14, 2007. doi:10.3886/icpsr04331. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Holly Morris at IMDb
- Holly Morris at TED
- Pilotguides.com Archived February 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- AdventureDivas.com
- Holly Morris
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