Contributors

KATE FORRESTER /

Our Best of the County 2022 cover is the work of illustrator Kate Forrester, who specializes in hand-lettering. Her clients include Diet Coke, Chronicle Books and YouTube, but she found this assignment showcasing the wonders of Marin County particularly inspiring. “I’m blown away by Marin’s beautiful, diverse countryside and beaches, so my enthusiasm for the great outdoors was a starting point for my cover design,” Forrester says.

HEATHER YOUNG /

Mill Valley-based writer Heather Young wrote “A Woman’s Place” (page 27) about the history of Mill Valley’s Outdoor Art Club, where she’s been a member since 2015. “It

was founded at a time when women, lacking the right to vote and any realistic hope of holding political office, could only advocate for the causes they cared about by influencing the men who controlled all the direct

channels of political power,” Young says. “And today, when rights I’ve enjoyed since I was born are under threat, looking back at a time when women were shut out of the political process reminds me never to take for granted the rights our mothers and grandmothers fought so hard to win.”

MO DELONG /

Have you noticed the new photo of Marin Magazine‘s Leah Bronson and Lotus Abrams in our “View From the

Team” column (page 17)? It’s the work of local photographer Mo DeLong. “I’ve been photographing the magazine’s events for over 10 years,” she says. “Now that in-person events have returned, it’s been great to reconnect with the team.”

JEANNE COOPER /

It’s not the first time travel writer

Jeanne Cooper has driven the stunning stretch of California’s Highway 1 from Pacifica to Carmel, the focus of her article “Hit the Road” (page 91) — and it definitely won’t be the last. “This part of the California coastline is special because however gorgeous one beach or scenic view is, there’s always another around the bend to enjoy,” she says. “This time, my most memorable meal was dinner at Pa-

cific’s Edge in the Carmel Highlands, thanks to the heady combination of delicious food, a great view and a good friend dining with me.”

KIRSTEN JONES NEFF /

While researching the article “The Legacy of Marin City’s Grandmothers” (page 36) about the community’s elder women who inspired a new cookbook released to coincide with Marin City’s 80th-anniversary, Novato-based writer Kirsten Jones

Neff was moved by the women she spoke with. “The Marin City ‘Grandmothers’ I met while working on this story exemplify strength, heart and grace,” Neff says. “Life has been difficult — weighted against them and their families at times — and yet they’ve kept their focus on the things that matter most: love, family, nourishment and community connection.”