Claire Bidwell Smith

Claire Bidwell Smith is 30 years old and lives in Chicago. She has a Master's degree in clinical psychology and a Bachelor's degree in creative writing and works as a bereavement counselor for hospice.

Claire has written for Time Out New York, Citysearch, Yoga Journal Student Traveler, Travel Age West, American Eagle's Latitudes, Jax Fax Travel Marketing and Ideal Bite.com. She writes the award winning blog Life in Chicago and also a blog with her fiance called She Wrote, He Wrote.

Claire has lived in Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago and she has traveled to over 20 countries.

Email her:
clairebidwellsmith@gmail.com

Blogs

Life in Chicago (current)

She Wrote, He Wrote (current)

Life in LA

Press

Sydney Morning Herald Review of Life in LA

San Francisco Chronicle Review of Life in Chicago

MediaBistro interview about the process of writing my first book

Writers I Admire

Greg Boose

Lien Ta

Stacy McKinley

Tricia Theis

Trey Ellis

Elizabeth Crane

Rich Ferguson

Kip Tobin

Jeff Simmermon

Jacob Strunk

Nathan Alexander

Sarah Munoz

Kristine Hansen

Clips

At Home in Bequia, American Eagle's Latitudes

Island Hopping in the Grenadines, JaxFax Travel Marketing

The Ziploc Ritual, Waiting Room Magazine

All-Natural Taitung County, Travel Age West

A Taste of Taiwan, Travel Age West

United Hotel, Tapei, Travel Age West

Local Lotion, Ideal Bite

The Reel Deal, Ideal Bite

Clean Up Your Act, Ideal Bite

Tricks of the Trade, Ideal Bite

Keep Your Shirt On, Ideal Bite

The Ripple Effect, Ideal Bite

Cut a Rug, Ideal Bite

Open Wide, Ideal Bite

Knitty Gritty, Ideal Bite

Weighting Game, Ideal Bite

A Clean Sweep, Ideal Bite

Trashy Treasure, Ideal Bite

Election A La Mode, Ideal Bite

Big Discoveries on a Small Island in the Philippines, Student Traveler

Rolf Potts Speaks Out, Student Traveler

Red Eye, Student Traveler

The Study Abroad Numbers, Student Traveler

Locando del Lago Restaurant Review, Citysearch

Saddle Ranch Restaurant Review, Citysearch

Julie Taught Others to Live, Rediff.com

Breaking Leather: Two Co-Ed Grad Students Go on a Ride-Along with the Inglewood PD, The Nervous Breakdown

Swimming with Thresher Sharks Seems Like the Obvious Choice When You Decide to Give Yourself Up to the World, The Nervous Breakdown