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Amalfi Coast Writing

I came to writing through a love of place, and one very special place – the Amalfi Coast. While books and reading have been my life from a young age, it wasn’t until I first visited the Amalfi Coast that I could no longer resist putting pen to paper. This writing journey has taken many forms over the years, from the scribblings here on Ciao Amalfi to articles, photography, and my guidebook Moon Amalfi Coast with Capri, Naples & Pompeii. What drives me forward on this journey is a continual desire to capture the beauty of the Amalfi Coast’s landscape, people, history, and life in an honest way. For me it comes most naturally through the interplay of words and images – my happy place!

 

Below is a selection of my writing about the Amalfi Coast. I write stories that capture a sense of place and bring the magic that is the Amalfi Coast to life. With a decade of experience copywriting, I also enjoy writing vibrant and moving website and editorial copy. Please contact me if you’re interesting in collaborating!

Books

Moon Travel Guides – Moon Amalfi Coast with Capri, Naples & Pompeii (1st Edition – August 2019)

It was a joy to write my first travel guide to the entire Amalfi Coast area for Moon Travel Guides. It includes an in depth guide to the Amalfi Coast along with Capri, Ischia, Procida, the Sorrento Peninsula, Naples, and Pompeii. Find out more about Moon Amalfi Coast with Capri, Naples & Pompeii.

 

Moon Travel Guides – Moon Amalfi Coast with Capri, Naples & Pompeii (2nd Edition – Forthcoming autumn 2021)

Thanks to the success if the 1st edition, I am currently working on updates and additions to make the 2nd edition of Moon Amalfi Coast an even more useful and vibrant guidebook.

 

Moon Travel Guides – Moon Southern Italy (1st Edition – Forthcoming autumn 2021)

Planning a trip to the Amalfi Coast and southern Italy? This forthcoming Moon Travel Guides book will feature the highlights of the Amalfi Coast, Naples, and Capri areas from Moon Amalfi Coast with Capri, Naples & Pompeii along with a brand new section on the Cilento Coast. The book will also include Puglia, Sicily, and southern Italy written by a co-author.

Magazines

Italia! Magazine

The UK’s Award-Winning print magazine about Italy – Italia! Magazine:

“A Twist of Lemon,” January 2018. Feature article on that most classic Italian Christmas cake, the panettone, Amalfi-style created by the Pasticceria Pansa.

“48 Hours in Positano,” March 2018. Feature article and photographs. (Digital version of print article available here.)

“48 Hours in Ravello,” August 2018. Feature article and photographs. (Digital version of print article available here.)

 

Starting in April 2012, it was an honor for me to join the Italia! team as the From Here to There columnist contributing monthly travel and lifestyle experiences on the Amalfi Coast for almost a year.

Italia! Magazine December 2011, Issue 85 – My Italia! Feature on Laura Thayer

Italia! April 2012, Issue 89 – As Amalfi Wakes

Italia! May 2012, Issue 90 – The Ties that Bind

Italia! June 2012, Issue 91 – Twists & Turns of Life

Italia! July 2012, Issue 92 – Escape to the Beach

Italia! August 2012, Issue 93 – Escape to the Mountains

Italia! September 2012, Issue 94 – The Language of Food

Italia! October 2012, Issue 95 – The First Signs of Autumn

Italia! December 2012, Issue 97 – Christmas in Amalfi

Italia! January 2013, Issue 98 – Calm and Quiet in Amalfi

Italia! February 2013, Issue 99 – Goodbye from Amalfi

 

NIAF Ambassador Magazine

“Minori on the Amalfi Coast,” Spring 2018. Feature article and photographs.

“The Amalfi Coast: Walking Through History One Step at a Time,” Fall 2014. Feature article and photographs.

“Capri: Finding the Height of Beauty,” Winter 2014. Feature article and photographs.

 

Dream of Italy

Guest edited and wrote Capri Special Report (April/May 2020).

Contributed article “Capri Walks: The Best Way to See the Island” (June/July 2017).

Contributed article “The Unexpected Vineyards of the Amalfi Coast” (October 2017).

Education

A little bit about my background since the writer I am today was largely shaped by time spent in two special places: the Great Books Program at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland and the incredible Art History department at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.

 

Masters of Arts in Art History, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, 2008

  • Master’s Thesis: “Rebuilding Identity: The Nineteenth-Century Facade of the Duomo of Amalfi”

 

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland, USA, 2002

  • Majors: Philosophy, History of Mathematics and Science
  • Minors: Classical Studies, Comparative Literature

Memberships

The Authors Guild

 

International Travel Writers Alliance

 

Society of Architectural Historians

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My name is Laura and the Amalfi Coast is my passion and my home. I’m a writer and photographer who is endlessly inspired by the incredible beauty of the Amalfi Coast. Welcome to Ciao Amalfi!

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A spectacular view of a truly spectacular place as A spectacular view of a truly spectacular place as I flew out of Naples yesterday morning. A little bit delayed due to Winter Storm Olive in the midwest, but I was greeted in central Nebraska by blue skies and flocks of Sandhill cranes and snow geese. “Oh, to love what is lovely” as Mary Oliver wrote about that joyful experience of seeing snow geese golden in a sunny sky. ✨
It’s International Cat Day in Italy, but Puffy s It’s International Cat Day in Italy, but Puffy slept right through it. He’s been such a good cat since we lost Toulouse in September - we’re all still adjusting. This year Puffy will be 15! 🐈
This month’s Ciao Amalfi newsletter is out! A li This month’s Ciao Amalfi newsletter is out! A little bit of a love letter to Amalfi, an excellent book for walking by @robgmacfarlane, February on the Amalfi Coast, and one very dramatic historic photograph. Hope you enjoy the read! {link in bio}

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Woke up with the winter blues and this song I love Woke up with the winter blues and this song I love by Jack Teagarden in my head. 🎶
What 31 days of January morning walks looks like. What 31 days of January morning walks looks like. It’s been gorgeous and windy and stormy and wild - and everything in between. Should I pick a different spot to take a photo a day next month?
Non Amalfi Coast question. Do you wake up in the m Non Amalfi Coast question. Do you wake up in the morning with music or a song in your head? I do nearly every morning and it’s curious to me what shows up. Usually it’s something I’ve been listening to, but sometimes it’s really random, like someone’s left the music room door slightly ajar in the brain. This morning it was a jaunty version of “Loch Lomond” from the 1940s sung by Maxine Sullivan. (You’d think that would be from the random category but I actually listened to it yesterday.) So that’s what was swinging about in my head as I took a walk early this morning. 🎶
Happy Burns Night! I love a country that has a hol Happy Burns Night! I love a country that has a holiday for their national poet. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Here’s one of my favorite poems he wrote.

Musing On The Roaring Ocean
by Robert Burns

Musing on the roaring ocean, 
Which divides my love and me; 
Wearying heav’n in warm devotion, 
For his weal where’er he be. 

Hope and Fear’s alternate billow 
Yielding late to Nature’s law, 
Whispering spirits round my pillow, 
Talk of him that’s far awa. 

Ye whom sorrow never wounded, 
Ye who never shed a tear, 
Care-untroubled, joy-surrounded, 
Gaudy day to you is dear. 

Gentle night, do thou befriend me, 
Downy sleep, the curtain draw; 
Spirits kind, again attend me, 
Talk of him that’s far awa!
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