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Biography Theresa Dowell Blackinton is a freelance writer based in Bethesda, Maryland, specializing in travel and feature articles along with personal essays. For a sampling of her work, visit the Clips section of this Web site.Bluegrass born and bred, Theresa is a Kentuckian at heart. Although she no longer lives in Kentucky, she makes frequent trips home to Louisville and is quick to suggest her favorite restaurant (Ramsi's Cafe on the World), coffee shop (Heine Brothers), museum (Louisville Slugger), and outdoor spot (Bernheim Forest & Arboretum).Theresa attended Rice University in Houston, Texas, majoring in English and German. She spent a year of her undergraduate life in Freiburg, Germany, where she mastered the quirks of German as it is spoken in Baden-Wuerttemberg and became an expert on where to find the best doner kebabs, beer gardens, and bakeries. She also contributed to the trilingual newspaper, Inter-Connection.After graduation, Theresa moved to Athens, Greece, where she was awarded a position as a Teaching Fellow at Athens College. When not teaching English classes, she explored the Greek islands and mainland. (Hint: There's more to Greece than Santorini. If you haven't bought pottery from the town of Armolia on Chios, eaten dinner with a golden kazoo player in the Peloponnese town of Gythio, or taken in the view from one of Meteora's monasteries, then you've hardly seen Greece.)Theresa has traveled broadly throughout Europe, including Eastern Europe and Scandinavia. She has also trekked from Cairo to Aswan in Egypt and explored the beaches and the jungles of Belize. Theresa is fluent in German and proficient in conversational Greek. She has visited nearly all of the fifty states of her home country and plans to mark off the few remaining states soon.In addition to working as a freelance writer, Theresa has experience working as an editor for the Smithsonian Institution and for The Children's Partnership.To get in touch with Theresa Dowell Blackinton, please visit the Contact page of this Web site. |
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