Stacey Freed

Stacey Freed loves small-town living. She works from her home in a village just outside Rochester, N.Y. -- a secret jewel in the Finger Lakes, full of great brewpubs, music, art, and places to hike, bike, ski and paddle. And, of course, walk a dog – which Freed does often with her black lab and under-desk footwarmer, Gerty. Her work has appeared in print and online in The Washington Post; USA Today and Better Homes & Gardens publications; AARP’s Livable Communities; OneZero/Medium; Forbes.com; House Logic; Professional Builder; Remodeling and other consumer and trade publications. She holds a MFA from George Mason University and is at work on a novel. Her essay, “Tourist No More,” published in She Can Find Her Way: Women Travelers at Their Best (Upper Hand Press, 2017), was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.