Bill Vaughn's articles have appeared in Outside, The Men's Journal, Ski, Salon, Westways, AARP, New West, American Cowboy, Wooden Boat, Rocky Mountain Magazine, Aldus, Seven Days, along with numerous other publications and anthologies. The subject of his essays and reports have ranged from sports to the paper industry, fashion, Branson, and Provence to celebrities such as Jesse James. He has designed more than four hundred books for various clients.