Megan McCrea is, in a word, curious. As soon as she learned to point, she wanted to know about everything around her. Before long, her constant catchphrase was: "I have a question." (Yes, she was *that person* in your tour group.)
Megan's curiosity has led her around the world — from her native Colorado to North Carolina, New York, France, the U.K., Micronesia, and Palau — and into publishing, when, fresh back from the Peace Corps, she co-authored Other Places Publishing's guidebook to her country of service, Federated States of Micronesia and Palau.
She then moved to the Bay Area, where she interned with the literary review Poetry Flash in Berkeley, and the travel magazine Via in Emeryville, before moving into editor roles at Sunset magazine and Via.
Megan now works on the Special Sections team at The New York Times, where she gets to indulge her curiosity about all kinds of subjects, guiding writers in investigating questions like, "How can you make sure you aren't buying stolen art?" and "What's in the tunnels under the city of Maastricht, anyway?" and "What happens when you spend three hours looking at one of the world's greatest paintings?"
Sometimes, she puts on her writer hat and investigates herself, searching for answers to questions like, "What can travelers do to make sure they don't get trapped in a wildfire?" and "Why has 'The Great Gatsby' stuck with us for a century?" and "What are John Waters' favorite places in Baltimore?"
Megan has also shaped stories on the evolution of Oakland and the best-kept secrets in Yellowstone, among other topics. As a writer, she has covered subjects like Groucho Marx impersonators and cell phone microscopes, dog sharing and snowkiting, bats in caves and snakes on planes. (Really!)
She has interviewed an ice cream flavor inventor, a hot air balloon pilot, and the creator of the Poetry Bomb. She has asked important questions: Does watching TV make kids meaner? Will Denver ever shake its cowtown image? And is it really possible to live in a tiny house? Her stories have appeared in various print and digital outlets, including The New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Condé Nast Traveler, Better Homes & Gardens, Sunset, Via, Mabuhay, Sonoma, Diablo, Healthline, Earthjustice, and Poetry Flash.
Megan’s happiest when writing, traveling, and/or asking big questions. She lives in Brooklyn with her boyfriend and her bicycle, in an apartment with decidedly more books than square feet.
