Nancy Monson is a freelance travel, lifestyle, and wellness writer with publications ranging from AARP The Magazine to Fodors.com, NextAvenue.org, and USA Today. She is a member of the International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association and the Society of American Travel Writers. She is also a mixed-media artist and author of Craft to Heal: Soothing Your Soul with Sewing, Painting, and Other Pastimes.