Writers
Helen Chappell
Tidewater Times columnist, recovering reporter, and writer of books, Helen Chappell has covered Chesapeake Bay's Eastern Shore for a variety of periodicals, including the Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun.
Her writing has received grants from the Maryland State Arts Council, and the Sumner T. McKnight Foundation. Her journalism was recognized with the A.E. Emmart Award for Excellence in Writing on the Humanities in Maryland and the Jane Austen Society of Maryland's Jane Award for 1994.
Chappell is the creator of the Sam And Hollis mystery series, and the Oysterback stories, as well as The Chesapeake Book of the Dead. Under her pen name, Rebecca Baldwin, she has published a number of historical novels.
Marc Teffeau
K. Marc Teffeau has been contributing Tidewater Gardening to the Tidewater Times since 1989. He is a Maryland Certified Professional Horticulturalist with over 30 year’s experience in horticulture. He is currently Director of Research and Regulatory Affairs with the American Nursery and Landscape Association (ANLA) in Washington, D.C. Prior to going with ANLA he retired from a career with the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension as Professor and Regional Extension Specialist for Commercial Horticulture at the Wye Research and Education Center and as county and area Extension Horticulture Agent in Talbot County. Marc has B.S., M.S. and PhD from the University of Maryland – College Park. He resides in Bethlehem (Caroline County) with his wife Linda.
Pamela Doyle
Pamela Doyle, formerly Denver's NBC Channel 9 Children's Chef, is now teaching both adult and children's cooking classes in the south shore of Massachusetts. The growing gourmets learn nutrition, safety, new foods,
cooking math, science and basic etiquette. The adult classes are based on tips and techniques so the home cook will have a new appreciation for cooking and creating it into their own lives. Presentation is a huge part of who I am and how my food is put together, I think if it is appealing there is more enjoyment. Pamela continues to take cooking classes as she travels with her family.
Anne Stinson
Anne Stinson describes herself as a wordsmith, a passion that includes writing as an offshoot. She began in the 1950s as a free lance for the now defunct Baltimore News-American and after moving to Talbot County in the 70s for Chesapeake Publishing, first as editor of Dorchester News, then on the staff of the Star-Democrat in 1975 when the paper changed from a weekly to a daily.
At the same time, she wrote feature stories and op-ed pieces for the Baltimore Sun and appeared on Maryland Public Television’s panel show, Maryland Newsrap for six years in the 80s. She also endured a brief lapse of sanity, she says, to work as a press secretary for a congressman. Her first story for Tidewater Times was a mid-70s profile of an ornery rooster named Gomer.
Now in her ninth decade, she still writes a monthly book review for Tidewater Times. She’s also a fair to middling cook, furniture maker, voracious reader, know-it-all, adoring grandmother, terrible piano player and gut bucket virtuoso. Â
George Sellers
George Sellers is a Certified Travel Counselor and Accredited Cruise Counselor who operates the popular travel website and travel planning service www.SellersTravel.com. George also teaches part time basic computer classes for the Continuing Education department at Chesapeake College. Comments or suggestions about Tidewater Travel articles may be directed to George@SellersTravel.com.
Dick Cooper
Dick Cooper was a metropolitan newspaper reporter, editor and manager for 36 years. As a staffer at The Philadelphia Inquirer for 28 years, he covered local, regional and national news. He conducted journalistic investigations focusing on crime and corruption. As an editor, he directed local news coverage in Philadelphia and its suburbs. He taught journalism at Temple University for 10 years. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for coverage of the Attica Prison Riot while working as a reporter for the Rochester, New York, Times-Union. He is president of Cooper Media Associates, Inc. a media consulting firm.
He was a Michigan Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan, Class of 1990-91, and is a 1969 graduate of the Michigan State University School of Journalism. Dick and his wife, Pat, live in St. Michaels and sail the Chesapeake Bay on their 1971 Hinckley Bermuda 40, Tusitala.
Gary Crawford
After teaching high school in Ohio, Gary served in the Peace Corps (Micronesia), then trained volunteers. In 1979, he joined the faculty of the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute where for eight years he was Associate Dean of the School of Language Studies. Buying a home on Tilghman’s Island in 1980, he and his wife Susan established a bookstore there, Crawfords Nautical Books, in 1993. Since retirement in 1998, both have been active in civic affairs. Gary helped found the Tilghman Watermen’s Museum; he now serves on the Board of Phillips Wharf Environmental Center and Talbot County’s Village Center Board; Susan is treasurer of the St. Michaels Art League. Gary has authored numerous articles about the area, including some video presentations, and for five years published the “Island Flyer,” a weekly paper for Tilghman Island.
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