c. l. stambush - author

You can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone you want.

C. L. Stambush is an experienced journalist, writer, and editor who has lived, worked and traveled in more than 20 countries. Her work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Cosmopolitan, Far Eastern Economic Review, Travelers’ Tales, as well as other national and international newspapers. 

Her nonfiction writing has earned awards, scholarships, and residencies from Hedgebrook Writers Colony, RopeWalk Writers Retreat, Split Rock Arts Program, and Indiana University Writers’ Conference where an early section from UNTETHERED: a Quest for Boldness Along the Edge of India was judged Best Creative Nonfiction by Scott Russell Sanders. 

Living abroad for six years in Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia, Stambush traveled by foot, train, truck, bus, boat, camel, donkey cart, and motorcycle. After returning to the United States, she became a national motorcycle safety instructor for fourteen years (less than 10% were women), training hundreds of people to ride safely during her tenure.

Stambush graduated summa cum laude from Sarah Lawrence College with an MFA in creative nonfiction and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University. She is the editor and senior writer for a university magazine.