Karen McCann

An award-winning journalist, author, and travel writer, Karen McCann has been living in Seville, Spain, since 2004. Wanderlust has taken her to more than thirty countries, including many developing or post-war nations where she and her husband volunteer as consultants to struggling microenterprises. A fourth-generation Californian, she lived in Cleveland, Ohio, with her husband for two decades before the couple moved to Seville “for a year” and decided to make it their home.

Today, she spends her time writing, blogging, painting, exploring Seville, and traveling the world. She makes frequent visits to the US because America is something you have to stay in practice for, and she doesn't want to lose her touch.

Her book DANCING IN THE FOUNTAIN: How to Enjoy Living Abroad has been called "warm, inviting, immediately charming, and constantly entertaining," and "perhaps the best book about travel that I have ever read." Lonely Planet wrote, "I loved this book ... I must have laughed aloud at least once in every chapter ... The advice in the book is terrific." Her latest book is the handy little guide 101 WAYS TO ENJOY LIVING ABROAD: Essential Tips for Easing the Transition to Expat Life. "I've distilled the best advice I've received from veteran expats, mixed in my own hard-earned lessons about adapting to a new, foreign home, and peppered it with stories to keep the pace lively."

Both books are available from Amazon and other online retailers worldwide. For more, visit www.enjoylivingabroad.com.