I was sorry to learn of the recent death of one of my travel writing mentors, Hazel Lowe. Hazel was travel editor of The Montreal Star, among other influential positions, and a cheerful travel companion. She was a successful travel writer at a time when most women reporters and editors were relegated to the fashion and society beats.
Shortly before it ceased publication, the Montreal Star held a travel writing contest which Hazel judged. I was the first winner, with a piece about getting lost in the French Alps while driving on the Route Napoleon. (You can read the piece under my name at http://www.wattpad.com.)
Bon voyage, Hazel. Watch this space tomorrow for a guest review by my friend Allie McGovern of Wow Airlines, the low-cost Icelandic carrier.
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