Kara Williams is an award-winning freelance writer who has covered topics ranging from business and babies to skiing and spas in her 19-year editorial career. Kara has been employed as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor and corporate copyeditor. She’s freelanced since 1999, and in the past few years travel writing has been the main focus of her work.

Her articles have been published in national magazines, regional publications, and local newspapers, as well as online. A social-media junkie, Kara is active on Twitter (@karasw) and blogs regularly at The Vacation Gals, which she co-owns with two other professional travel writers. She has spoken about social media and travel blogging at industry events, such as Social Media Strategies for Travel and the Type-A-Mom Conference.

A graduate of Dartmouth College and member of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW), Kara makes her home in the Rocky Mountains with her husband and two children.