For more than two decades Margaret Littman has been lucky enough to be paid to write about offbeat people, places and things. She’s explored country music hot spots and the market for Frank Lloyd Wright ephemera. A prolific freelance editor and writer, she has covered women’s health, pet-friendly travel, gardening, standup paddling, startup businesses and everything in between for publications ranging from Condé Nast Traveler to Fortune to Crain’s Chicago Business to Nashville Lifestyles to Rolling Stone Country.

A native of Boise, Idaho, Margaret now lives in Nashville, Tenn., where she writes about what makes Music City special. She also spends time in Chicago, The Mississippi Delta, Little Rock, and wherever else her assignments take her. Favorite domestic travel destinations include Detroit, Palm Springs, Calif. and the 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway. She’ll never pass up a chance to go to Buenos Aires, Cape Town or Copenhagen.