Sandy MacDonald
 A Nantucket neighbor About the author Growing up in Riverdale near New York City, Sandy MacDonald spent winter vacations skiing in Vermont and several summers ensconced in an island lighthouse off Blue Hill, Maine. Over the past two decades, she has contributed travel articles to dozens of magazines and numerous guidebooks. In the past five years, she has branched into theatre and film criticism. She and her husband, John Devaney, a painter, share an 1860s townhouse in Cambridge, Massachusetts;a fledgling family compound on Nantucket; and a tiny Manhattan pied a terre that stares straight up the Empire State building. |
Curriculum VitaeEXPERIENCE Writer specializing in travel, arts, media, design, family issues, 1984-present Author: Quick Escapes Boston: 25 Weekend Getaways from the Hub (Globe Pequot, 2000; 2002) Frommer's Cape Cod (Macmillan, 1997) Cape Cod/ The Toys 'R Us Guide to Choosing the Right Toys for Your Child (Simon & Schuster, 1996) Updates/ Currently contributing to: Boston Globe, EdgeBoston.com, Miami Herald, NewEnglandFilm.com, New York Times Book Review, Ski Past credits: AOL-Digital City Boston (restaurants, getaways, cultural events, 2002-2003); Columnist for FamilyFun (children’s books, 1991-2000); Microsoft’s Sidewalk: Boston (restaurants, 1997-98); Improper Bostonian (restaurants, 1996-97); Design Times (getaways, 1992-2002), Worth (travel, 1991-93); Parenting (toys and videos, 1988-92); New England Monthly (contributing editor, 1984-90); Child (parenting books, 1988-89); New Age (arts and design, 1984-88). Articles published in ArtsMedia, BookPage, Boston Magazine, Boston Globe, Country Home, Frequent Flyer, Family Circle, Island Scene, New England Travel & Life, New York Times Book Review, Travel Agent, Travel & Leisure, Travel Savvy, Women’s Sports & Fitness, Yankee Travel Guide. Corporate projects: Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism; Ms. Foundation. Editor, in-house and free-lance 1988-92: Manuscript Submissions Coordinator, Adult Trade Division, Houghton Mifflin 1986-88: Assistant to the Director of Trade & Reference, Houghton Mifflin 1977-84: Senior Editor, New Age 1972-77: Co-editor, Aphra: The Literary Feminist Quarterly 1970-72: Editor, Scripts; Associate Editor, Performance (publisher: Joseph Papp) 1969-70: Assistant Editor, TDR: The Drama Review Translator from French, Spanish, and Italian Books: My Husband by Dacia Maraini (in progress); Machu Picchu and Mysteries of the Great Pyramid (Avon, 1978-79) Plays, stories, and articles by Aragon, Arrabal, Barthes, Goldmann, Maraini, et al., published in TDR, Aphra, and Short Story International (1969-89) EDUCATION Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Harvard University Extension Program, Hagen-Berghof Studio, Barnard College, Universidad Internacional Menendez-Pelayo (Santander, Spain), La Sorbonne, Academia Hispano-Americana (San Miguel de Allende, Mexico), The Putney School (VT) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Society of Journalists and Authors, Authors Guild, National Book Critics Circle, Society of American Travel Writers AWARDS Benjamin Fine Journalism Award for Outstanding Education Reporting (National Association of Secondary School Principals), 1995 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Literary Translation, 1989 |
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