Holly Morris
Holly Morris is co-founder of Adventure Divas, Inc., and is writer/director/host/exec producer and all around creative heavy of Adventure Divas, the award-winning PBS documentary series. Whether she’s interviewing Prime Ministers on the hot seat, or Black Panthers on the lam — in the brothels of Mumbai, the cane fields of Cuba, or the beauty parlors of Iran — Morris chases down her subjects and exacts a story that is fresh and idea-driven — if not always graceful. Morris’ writing and reporting offers a mix of politics, irony and social activism that has garnered acclaim from the audience and critics alike. Her new book, Adventure Divas: Searching the Globe for Women Who are Changing the World (Random House/Villard) chronicles her journey from desk-bound editorial director of the publishing company Seal Press, to global correspondent. The book was named “Editors’ Choice” and a 2005 notable book of the year about exploration by the New York Times.
Morris also works as a correspondent for the television series’ “Outdoor Investigations,” “Lonely Planet Treks in America,” “Treks in a Wild World,” and “Globe Trekker.” In these programs she’s scaled the Matterhorn and lassoed reindeer in sub-zero Lapland; she ate rat in Arunachal Pradesh, fended off jealous elephants in India’s Andaman Islands, entered a camel race against Tuareg Nomads in the middle of Niger’s Sahara, and flicked off endless numbers of Indonesian leeches.
A public speaker and writer, Morris’ literary work is widely anthologized and she contributes to numerous publications including The New York Times and Bitch and Outside magazines. She’s published two books, A Different Angle and Uncommon Waters, both collections that reflect her affinity for fly fishing. Her newest book Adventure Divas: Searching the Globe for Women Who Are Changing the World will be released in paperback in November 2006.
Coordinates: Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Reporting back from Rajasthan
- Gabonese Ticks Inspire Green-think
- Iranian Divas Hit The Streets
- Sex Trafficking diva Gupta in U.S
- Kenyan Marathoners: The Longer Haul
- Top Veil-ocity: Turmoil Across the Pond
- Small Change Gets Big Trophy: Bangladesh
- Take Back the Bunsen Burners!
- Peruvian Divas: On Language
- Raise More Hell! Ann Richards’ Excellent Legacy
- Transcending the Navel and Other Thoughts on Quality Control
- Couric Goes Under the Scope, Again
- A Good Bitch with the NY Times
- 3…2…1… Take off for the tours…
- Finally, Keri
- South Island
- Fishin’
- On the Road
- Destination Auckland
- Hook, Line and Pinker