Katy Koontz
Katy Koontz
Katy Koontz
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Journalist
About
Katy Koontz is an award-winning freelance writer and a top-level editor, ghostwriter, and book doctor for nationally known and New York Times best-selling authors. Her focus includes spirituality, travel, and health (including complementary and mind/body medicine and wellness).
She is the editor-in-chief of Spirituality & Health: A Unity Publication and was formerly editor-in-chief of Unity Magazine for more than a decade. She was named to the 2019 FOLIO: 100 and has won two FOLIO: Eddie awards.
As a freelance writer, Katy has written online articles for CNN, U.S. News & World Report, BBC.com, AOL Travel, Money.com, Expedia’s Family Vacation Critic, Forbes Travel Guide, USA Today’s online city guides, and MapQuest. Her print stories have appeared in Reader’s Digest, Parade, National Geographic Traveler, The New York Times, Woman’s Day, Redbook, Glamour, The Washington Post, Self, Health, Shape, Playboy, Travel & Leisure, Outside, Parents, Parenting, Family Fun, and numerous others.
Katy is the author of Family Fun in the Smokies (Great Smoky Mountains Association, 2012), a finalist in the 2013 Association of Partners for Public Lands Media competition. She has written a travel app called Smoky Mountain Travel Guide and a children’s picture book titled The Banana Police.
Additional Info
Byline/Pseudonym : Katy Koontz
Location (City or region) : Knoxville, TN
List any memberships you have with other organizations : SATW, ASME, NATJA
General Subjects (Select all that apply) : Health & Medicine, Lifestyle, Religion & Spirituality, Travel, Wellness
Specialty Subjects : spirituality, travel, and health (including complementary and mind/body medicine and wellness)
Skills (Select all that apply) : Editing, Feature writing, Books, Q&A
Writing Credits : Reader's Digest, Parade, National Geographic Traveler, CNN.com, U.S. News & World Report, BBC.com, Money.com, Family Vacation Critic, The New York Times, Woman's Day, Redbook, Glamour, The Washington Post, Self, Health, Shape, Playboy, Travel & Leisure, Outside, Parents, Parenting, Family Fun, Unity Magazine, Spirituality & Health, Real Food Traveler, The Connection
Book Credits : Family Fun in the Smokies (Great Smoky Mountain Association, 2012) and The Banana Police (Willow Moon, 2012)
Awards & Recognitions : named to the Folio: 100 in 2019, 2022 Folio: Eddie Award co-winner in the column/blog category for consumer magazines (in addition, a second entry in this category was named an honorable mention and finalist), 2019 Folio: Eddie Award winner in the column/blog category for religious/spiritual consumer magazines, 2023 Folio: Eddie Award honorable mention and finalist in the profile/Q&A category for consumer magazines, 2022 Folio: Eddie Award honorable mentions and finalists in the profile/Q&A category for consumer magazines (twice--for two entries), 2020 Folio: Eddie Award honorable mention and finalist in the single article category for religious/spiritual consumer magazines, 2019 Folio: Eddie Award honorable mention and finalist in the single article category for religious/spiritual consumer magazines, 2015 Folio: Eddie Award honorable mention and finalist in single article category for association/nonprofit consumer magazines, 4 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism awards, 11 SATW Central States Chapter writing awards
Membership Type
Professional Membership