ABOUT CARA
"The purpose of my life is not to get what I want. The purpose of my life is to become who I am."
—Cara Lopez Lee
Cara Lopez Lee is the author of They Only Eat Their Husbands, now available from Ghost Road Press. This memoir explores her nine years in Alaska, where she landed in a love triangle with two wild alcoholics, and the year she ran away from that life to backpack around the world alone.
Cara is the creator of Girls Trek Too, a blog, group, and workshop dedicated to inspiring women to approach life as an adventure. An avid traveler and photographer, she has journeyed throughout Asia, Europe, Africa, Latin America, and most of the 50 United States.
Cara worked as a TV reporter, anchor, and producer in Alaska, covering such unique stories as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Native subsistence rights, and the last sunset of the year in Barrow. She also worked as a reporter for North Carolina Now, a PBS newsmagazine. Her articles have appeared in such publications as The Los Angeles Times and Denver Post. Parts of her memoir first appeared in The Santa Fe New Mexican and Rocky Mountain News, as the series World Wide Wanderer. She has written for HGTV, Discovery Health, and Food Network, and she has pitched shows seen on the Travel Channel and Weather Channel. Her writing has earned 14 awards from the Alaska Press Club and Denver Woman's Press Club.
Cara is now writing a historical novel. Tortillas from the Canton Café is loosely based on the history of her Chinese-Mexican grandmother. When Chinese men settled the border town of old El Paso, those in want of wives married Mexican girls. But in which culture could their children find a future? This untold history sets the stage for a family saga unlike any other. It will take readers to China, El Paso, and Los Angeles, on a journey spanning 1910 to 1965.
When Cara's not writing, traveling, or taking photos, she hikes, skis, and dances the Lindy Hop. In 2003, she got married at a volcano in Costa Rica. She and her husband survived both dangers and now live in Denver.
Watch a Short Video about Cara
Read Cara's travel series: World Wide Wanderer
World Wide Wanderer, Article 1, page 1
World Wide Wanderer, Article 1, page 2
World Wide Wanderer, Article 2, page 1
World Wide Wanderer, Article 2, page 2
World Wide Wanderer, Article 3, page 1
World Wide Wanderer, Article 3, page 2
