Roberta Cruger, a journalist for more than 15 years, has contributed to an array of publications including Smithsonian, The Believer, HOW, Robb Report, and the Los Angeles Times magazine, websites such as Salon and Treehugger, and has written for National Geographic Traveler and in-flight magazines from Alaska Airlines to U.S. Airways. She was the founding editor of the media section at Creem magazine and worked in programming at MTV in the Eighties. Her beats cover arts/culture and entertainment, the environment, design, food, and travel, and her books include the Hungry? Seattle guidebook and a chapter in the Rock, She Wrote anthology.