Robin Tierney, can be spotted between journeys on her bike around Washington, DC, mobile office tucked in her backpack. She has been freelancing full-time since the ’80s, covering art, health, travel, hospitality and other topics. Her column “Eco Simple” appears in newspapers in DC, Baltimore and San Francisco. Her writing has won a number of awards and the independence to travel far and wide. She and her husband Kevin (well, mainly Kevin) are building a model near-net-zero environmentally friendly home in Daytona Beach.

Robin’s pieces have appeared in The Washington Post, Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune, the Examiner (Washington DC, Baltimore and San Francisco editions), Baltimore magazine, Craft, Jewish Times affiliates, Style, Bark, Dog Fancy, World Trade, Atlanta magazine, Business Atlanta, NY Arts Magazine, Oceana, Modern Bride, and hospitality/trade journals. Her extracurricular writing credits include two editions of a well-reviewed humor cookbook for working women and a nationally distributed handbook on caring for adopted dogs. She also writes on canine care—Robin’s Dog Tips are available nationwide on several animal welfare group and shelter websites.