Laurie Carter is the author of two travel books: Grandma Wears Hiking Boots: A personal guide to the Okanagan Valley and Gifts of the Okanagan, a coffee table photo essay produced in collaboration with her husband Bruce Kemp. Her travel mystery novel Ivory Express is available online in eBook format. Laurie's freelance work appears in magazines and newspapers in Canada and the United States.
Laurie's stories and photographs reflect an interest in everything from architecture to winemakers, from hiking to folk singers, from ancient ruins to street vendors.
A transplant from southern Ontario, Laurie is passionate about her adopted home in British Columbia. And while she loves foreign travel and frequently writes about her experiences in Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, Mexico, South America and Africa, she is best known as an expert on the Okanagan Valley and surrounding region.
Laurie serves as senior editor of Okanagan Life magazine and contributes to the annual Okanagan Real Estate and Relocation Guide as well as Okanagan Life's Annual Valley Guide. She has contributed extensively to HelloBC.com, official website of Tourism BC.
Awards
- 2009 TMAC Photography Award: Places
- 2008 TMAC Outdoor Adventure Award: Feature Story
- 2007 TMAC Photography Award: Places
- 2006 Canadian Tourism Commission Northern Lights Award (2nd): Newspaper Feature
- 2005 TMAC Photography Award: Places
- 2005 TMAC Photography Award: Faces
Credits Include
Okanagan Life, www.HelloBC.com, Thompson Okanagan Vacation Guide, Horizon Air, UP! magazine, The Province, National Post, Georgia Straight, Montreal Gazette, Calgary Herald, Canadian Traveller, West of the City, Good Times, Country Discoveries, Where-Thompson Okanagan, MotorHome, Northwest Travel, Okanagan Life Annual Valley Guide, Okanagan Real Estate and Relocation Guide, Thompson Life Two Rivers Guide, Boat Guide, Spokane Spokesman-Review, Event, Red Deer Express, Okotokes Western Wheel, Contact, The Globe and Mail
