Lit Crawl San Francisco

Sivani Babu is the co-founder and Creative Director of exploration-driven media company Hidden Compass. She is an award-winning nature photographer and travel journalist with a sometimes-unhealthy fascination with extreme landscapes and weather. As a writer and photographer, she has... Read More →

Valerie is an Oakland-based space tourism and travel writer and blogger. She’s also a freelance writer and has worked in an ongoing capacity with Lonely Planet, as well as other travel publications like AFAR, Nat Geo Travel, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Her first book, Dark... Read More →

My parents threw me in the ocean when I was five years old. I cried for a minute but then never got out. Originally from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, I am a marine biologist, improviser, storyteller, writer, and nature lover. My special affinity for islands and travels for... Read More →

I am a Bay Area born and raised writer and nature lover. Currently, I am living in Seattle and working on my degree at Seattle University in creative writing and environmental studies. When not studying or writing, I am usually climbing tall things, exploring new tracts of forest... Read More →

Sabine is the co-founder and Editorial Director of Hidden Compass. As an award-winning travel, science and nature writer, she has contributed stories to dozens of publications — including WIRED, Sierra Magazine, and The Best Travel Writing book series — with a collective readership... Read More →