Margie Goldsmith
Writer • Traveler • Musician
NYC-based adventure, luxury, lifestyle and profile writer Margie Goldsmith, a Lowell Thomas Journalist of the Year, has hiked, biked, paddled, climbed, run marathons, done triathlons, scuba dived, ziplined, zorbed, coasteered (climbing, jumping and swimming a rocky coastline in Wales), deepelled (upside down rappelling in New Brunswick) and test-driven $250,000 supercars.
Goldsmith has written stories on all seven continents in 150 countries, including Uganda, The Marquesas, South Korea, Laos, Cambodia, Oman, Cuba, Tibet, Nepal, Borneo, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, Easter Island, Croatia, Namibia, the Arctic and Antarctica.
Publications & Books
She is a contributor to Business Jet Traveler, Wine, Dine & Travel and Food & Travel. Her articles appear in Forbes.com, Travel + Leisure, Robb Report, National Geographic Traveler, Coastal Living, Virtuoso, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, Garden and Gun, Organic Spa, Ultimate Experiences and others.
She is the author of four books: Screw-Up; Alice Dalton Browne: Nocturnes and Diurnes; Masters of the Harmonica: 30 Harmonica Masters Share Their Craft (#1 bestseller on Amazon). Her newest book is her memoir, Becoming a Badass: From Fearful to Fierce. Her essays appear in Travelers Tales, The Walker Within, In Search of Adventure, National Geographic’s Spiritual Journeys, GoNomad’s London Reader, and Chance Encounters.
Awards & Recognition
Goldsmith has won 101 writing awards including the coveted Lowell Thomas SATW Gold Award, Lowell Thomas Bronze Journalist of the Year Award, four Eddie and Ozzie Folio Awards, and multiple honors from ASJA, NATJA, the Solas Award, Travel Classics Award, and OWAA.
Music
She is also a singer/songwriter and has released two blues albums — Margie Goldsmith & Friends, Parts 1 and 2 — available on Spotify and Apple Music. She plays blues harmonica and jams in NYC every week. When visiting foreign countries whose language she doesn’t speak, she gives harmonicas to school children, saying: “Music is a universal language, an ideal way to communicate with everyone. It’s my passport to the world.”
Career Background
Margie began her career in Paris as head of a post-production film company, writing her novel Screw-Up while there. She co-wrote a French motion picture, A Tout Casser, and later launched MG Productions, an award-winning NYC film/video production company, before pursuing writing full time.
Affiliations
Margie has been a trustee of Outward Bound USA, a board member of the Elisa Monte Dance Company, and serves on the boards of Advertising Women of New York (emeritus) and DEI (Diabetic Empowerment International). She is a member of SATW, ASJA, NATJA, Author’s Guild, and New York Travel Writers.