Holly Morris (Author, TV Producer-Host)
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Holly Morris is an American
author, television documentary producer and presenter, and the former editorial director of the book publishing company Seal Press.
, Illinois
, United States
, North America
. She is the daughter of former Chicago Bears
wide receiver Johnny Morris, who became a longtime sportscaster for WBBM-TV
in Chicago and a football color commentator with CBS Sports, and Jeannie Morris, a sports reporter and writer, who is the author of the bestselling book Brian Piccolo: A Short Season, the story of the NFL player who died of cancer at the age of 26, and whose life is recounted in the TV movie Brian's Song
.
Morris is a writer and editor and frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review
. She is the former editorial director of the publishing company Seal Press, which was acquired by Avalon
in 2003 and then Perseus
in 2007. As an editorial director, she acquired and edited fiction and nonfiction on diverse topics including third wave feminism, health
, international politics, and travel
.
Morris is the executive producer, writer, and host of the eight-part international PBS documentary series Adventure Divas, as well as author of Adventure Divas: Searching the Globe for a New Kind of Heroine (Random House
, 2005, 2006), which was named a New York Times "Editors' Choice". As a producer and correspondent, Morris has made programs in Cuba
, Iran
, India
, Niger
, Borneo
, Zambia
, Brazil
, Guyana
, Malawi
, and Gabon
, among other countries.
Morris is one of the main hosts of Treks in a Wild World, a Pilot Productions adventure/eco/history series, as well as one of several hosts of Globetrekker (also called Pilot Guides in Canada and the United States and originally broadcast as Lonely Planet). She has also been a correspondent for National Geographic Today and the environmental series Outdoor Investigations.
Morris currently resides in Brooklyn
, New York
, with her partner Michael Kovnat and their young daughter.
As author
As editor
As contributor
United States
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author, television documentary producer and presenter, and the former editorial director of the book publishing company Seal Press.
Biography
Morris was born in ChicagoChicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. She is the daughter of former Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
wide receiver Johnny Morris, who became a longtime sportscaster for WBBM-TV
WBBM-TV
WBBM-TV, virtual channel 2 , is the CBS owned-and-operated television station in Chicago, Illinois. WBBM-TV's main studios and offices are located in The Loop section of Chicago, as part of the development at Block 37, and its transmitter is atop the Willis Tower.-History:WBBM-TV traces its history...
in Chicago and a football color commentator with CBS Sports, and Jeannie Morris, a sports reporter and writer, who is the author of the bestselling book Brian Piccolo: A Short Season, the story of the NFL player who died of cancer at the age of 26, and whose life is recounted in the TV movie Brian's Song
Brian's Song
Brian's Song is a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week that recounts the details of the life of Brian Piccolo , a Wake Forest University football player stricken with terminal cancer after turning pro, told through his friendship with Chicago Bears running back teammate and Pro Football Hall of Famer Gale...
.
Morris is a writer and editor and frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review
The New York Times Book Review
The New York Times Book Review is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. The offices are located near Times Square in New York...
. She is the former editorial director of the publishing company Seal Press, which was acquired by Avalon
Avalon
Avalon is a legendary island featured in the Arthurian legend. It first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 1136 pseudohistorical account Historia Regum Britanniae as the place where King Arthur's sword Excalibur was forged and later where Arthur was...
in 2003 and then Perseus
Perseus
Perseus ,Perseos and Perseas are not used in English. the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty of Danaans there, was the first of the mythic heroes of Greek mythology whose exploits in defeating various archaic monsters provided the founding myths of the Twelve Olympians...
in 2007. As an editorial director, she acquired and edited fiction and nonfiction on diverse topics including third wave feminism, health
Health
Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...
, international politics, and travel
Travel
Travel is the movement of people or objects between relatively distant geographical locations. 'Travel' can also include relatively short stays between successive movements.-Etymology:...
.
Morris is the executive producer, writer, and host of the eight-part international PBS documentary series Adventure Divas, as well as author of Adventure Divas: Searching the Globe for a New Kind of Heroine (Random House
Random House
Random House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
, 2005, 2006), which was named a New York Times "Editors' Choice". As a producer and correspondent, Morris has made programs in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Niger
Niger
Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...
, Borneo
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
, Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, Guyana
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
, Malawi
Malawi
The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...
, and Gabon
Gabon
Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...
, among other countries.
Morris is one of the main hosts of Treks in a Wild World, a Pilot Productions adventure/eco/history series, as well as one of several hosts of Globetrekker (also called Pilot Guides in Canada and the United States and originally broadcast as Lonely Planet). She has also been a correspondent for National Geographic Today and the environmental series Outdoor Investigations.
Morris currently resides in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, with her partner Michael Kovnat and their young daughter.
Works
As travel-host- Globe Trekker
As author
- Adventure Divas: Searching the Globe for a New Kind of Heroine (2005, 2006)
As editor
- Uncommon Waters: Women Write About Fishing (1991)
- A Different Angle: Fly Fishing Stories by Women (1995,1996)
As contributor
- Go Your Own Way (2007)
- 100 Places Every Woman Should Go (2007)
- Cuba in Mind (2004)
- Homefield: 9 Writers at Bat (2004)
- A Woman Alone (2001)
- Gifts of the Wild (1998)
- Two in the Wild (1998)
- Another Wilderness(1993)
- Reading the Water(1993)
External links
- Holly Morris at the Internet Movie Database
- http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/books/review/1106bb-hardcover.html?pagewanted=print
- https://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375760631
- http://www.pilotguides.com/tv_shows/globe_trekker/travelers/holly_morris.php
- http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/books/review/16flynn.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
- http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/7Wonders/Story?id=1173676&page=1
- http://outsideonline.com/outside/features/200509/dream-jobs-4.html
- https://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375760631
- http://adventuredivas.com
- http://www.treksinawildworld.com