A native Southern Californian, Colleen Adair Fliedner is a multi-published author, journalist, and travel writer.  She has had two nonfiction books published, including a work-for-hire book for Los Angeles County, and recently signed a contract to write a travel guidebook for a large publisher.  Colleen’s background covers a wide range of writing experience, including an optioned screenplay, radio scripts and interviews, magazine and newspaper articles, plays, radio and television advertisements, a cable TV mini-series and over 100 travel articles. 

 In 2006 the Orange County Register newspaper, second only in circulation throughout Southern California to the Los Angeles Times, hired Colleen to write for their newly launched online travel publication, www.DiscoverOC.  She wrote more than 100 articles and Blogs for the OCR.

In addition, Colleen has freelanced for various magazines, newspapers, and online travel websites.  Her most recent newspaper credits include the Los Angeles Times Travel Section, the Community Bugle, Massachusetts Sun, and the Downey Patriot.  Magazine credits include:  Westways (AAA), Native Peoples, BajaTRAVELER, France Today, Home and Away (Midwest Auto Club), So. California Meetings & Events, and M. D. News Magazine.  Online magazine credits include: Vacation Travel Channel (regular contributor), OffBeat Travel, and Travel World International Magazine.  She is also the ghostwriter for a well-known psychologist, having penned four e-books and iPod articles for the doctor.

Colleen is a regular contributor to Talking Travel Radio Network (www.ttrn.com).  Her newest on-the-air interviews have been for Carmel Mooney’s “Travel, Dining & Entertainment” Radio Talk Show (Station KJAY based in Sacramento, CA).