Elizabeth M. Collins is an award-winning defense writer, sometime traveller, and new mother. She has a master's in nonfiction writing from Johns Hopkins and was the top civilian writer for the Department of Defense in 2012. Her work has appeared in newspapers and websites worldwide, and in Outside In Literary and Travel Magazine. Vicki Valosik is a writer, sociologist, and synchronized swimmer based in Washington, D.C. Her work has appeared in publications such as The Atlantic, Huffington Post, Washington Post Magazine, American Scholar, Philadelphia Inquirer, Washingtonian and International E...