Alison Bing believes in deeply researched stories - even when that means accepting dinner invitations from cults in Jerusalem, interviewing 37 moms in Peru about their birthing experiences, and trusting the camel to know the way across the Sahara. She survived to tell these tales and many others for global outlets, including BBC, NPR, NBC, Telegraph, Guardian, and New York Times.
Lonely Planet (2006-current)
Piloted seven successful series launches and authored/co-authored 61 top-selling titles for leading global travel publisher.
Chronicle Books (2003-2008)
Developed, wrote and edited art and culture titles for leading gift book publisher, including critically acclaimed Ascending Chaos: The Art of Masami Teraoka.
Barnes & Noble (2002-2006)
Created several titles as proof of concept for expansion of B&N imprint, authoring do-it-yourself books on topics from robotics to memoir writing and editing top-selling Words of Wisdom series.
Other media (2000-current)
Architectural Record, ArtUS, BBC, CMYK, Cooking Light, Flash Art (Italy), Gourmet Traveller (Australia), The Guardian (UK), Lonely Planet Traveler, New York Times, New Zealand Herald, San Francisco Chronicle, Sculpture, Sunset, Sweden's Dagens Nyheter, Telegraph (UK).
Masters Degree (Masters of Arts in Law & Diplomacy) in Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, joint program of Tufts and Harvard Universities; Dean's Fund Research Fellow.
Princeton in Asia Fellow at Shantou University, Guangdong, China.
Bachelor of Arts in art history from Haverford College; coursework at Bryn Mawr College and American University in Cairo, Egypt; Deborah Lafer-Scherr Fellow, Penn Center, Chennai, India.
Languages: English, Italian & French; functional Spanish and Arabic (Darija & Modern Standard); basic Mandarin.