Elisabeth Eaves is an author and journalist born and raised in

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. She is married to food writer Joe Ray.

Biography

On graduating from the University of Washington in 1996, Eaves worked as an

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at the

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for a year. Her experiences at the Lusty Lady are told in her book about

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, ''Bare: On Women, Dancing, Sex, and Power'' (2002). The Washington Post called the book a "first-rate, first-person work of social anthropology." A paperback version of the book was released as "Bare: The Naked Truth About Stripping" in 2004. Her second book, ''Wanderlust: A Love Affair with Five Continents'', published in 2011, chronicles her travels around the world, including extended stays in

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, and Australia. The book was called a "heady, headlong chronicle of a decade and a half spent adrift" by ''

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'' Book Review. Eaves' travel writing has been commended and anthologized. In September 2005, her ''

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'' series on flamenco in Seville won a silver award in the Society of American Travel Writers' Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition. Her ''Slate'' series "Eco-touring in Honduras" is included in ''The Best American Travel Writing 2009'', edited by Simon Winchester. Her essay "Wanderlust", first published on '' World Hum'', is included in ''The Best Women's Travel Writing 2010''. Eaves piece in ''The New York Times'', "In Mexico, Eco Concerns Where Sea Lions Romp," was awarded a silver Lowell Thomas Award in 2014. Her original essay ''Seasoning Jerusalem'' is included in

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's ''A Moveable Feast: Life-changing Food Adventures from Around the World'', edited by Don George. Eaves 2015 New York Times article "A Hundred Cities Within Seoul" was given an "Honorable Mention" Lowell Thomas Award. Eaves is a columnist at the tablet newspaper '' The Daily'' where she also launched and edited the opinions page. From 2006 to 2010 she worked as a writer and editor at ''

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'' magazine, where in 2008 and 2009 she also wrote a weekly column. She has freelanced widely, including for ''Slate'', ''

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'', '' Harper's'', ''The New York Times'', and ''The Washington Post''. In 2006 she was a Robert L. Bartley fellow at ''

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''. From 1999 to 2000, she worked as a journalist for

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. In 2017, Eaves and her husband opened a workshop for writers called Type Set in

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. Eaves received a B.A. (honors) from the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington and a master's degree in international affairs from the

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at Columbia University.

Bibliography

*2002: ''Bare: On Women, Dancing, Sex, and Power.'' (Published in paperback as ''Bare: The Naked Truth About Stripping'') (Knopf, 2002, and Seal Press, 2004) *2009: ''Best American Travel Writing, 2009'' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / Mariner Books; an anthology) *2010: ''Best Women's Travel Writing, 2010'' (Travelers' Tales; an anthology) *2011: ''Wanderlust: A Love Affair with Five Continents.''(Seal Press) *2014: ''A Moveable Feast: Life-changing Food Adventures from Around the World.'' (Lonely Planet; an anthology)

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