ABOUT LINDSEY

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Short bio:

Lindsey Danis (any) is a queer writer of fiction and essays whose writing has appeared in AFAR, Fodor’s, Outside, Longreads, Eater, and elsewhere.

Lindsey Danis is a food and travel writer and author of the LGBTQ+ travel book (Out) On the Road: The Radical Joy of Queer Travel. and prose chapbook On Queer Homesteading.

Lindsey’s writing has appeared in magazines and literary journals including AFAR, Adventure.com, Outside, Longreads, Eater, and elsewhere.

Lindsey lives and writes in the Hudson Valley. 

Longer bio:

Lindsey Danis is a queer writer and the founder of Queer Adventurers, an LGBTQ travel blog offering trip planning advice and destination guides, with a focus on queer women and nonbinary travelers.

Lindsey is the author of (Out) On the Road: The Radical Joy of Queer Travel (Ig Publishing, 2026) and the prose chapbook On Queer Homesteading (Finishing Line Press, 2026). Their stories have been anthologized in No Contact: Writers on Estrangement (Catapult, 2026) and Nourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest, and Mutual Aid (PM Press, 2023).

Lindsey’s LGBTQ travel writing has appeared in Adventure.com, AFAR, Fodor’s, Outside, Longreads, and elsewhere. A former cook turned food writer, she has also written for Eater, Fresh Cup, Vittles, and RestaurantOwner.com.

Their work has been supported by Stone Soup Community Press, Sundress Academy for the Arts, McCormack Writing Center (formerly Tin House), and the Decentralization Program a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts.

Lindsey holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College and a BA in English from Vassar College. Originally from Boston, she now lives in the Hudson Valley with her partner and two dogs.

When not writing, she is cooking, hiking, or kayaking.

Lindsey is represented by Trinity McFadden of The Bindery.

Check out Lindsey’s media kit here.

Lindsey sitting on stairs in a bamboo forest.
Lindsey sitting beside a river.
Lindsey standing in an arched doorway, carrying a tote bag.

Podcasts

A frequent podcast guest, Lindsey has shared their LGBTQ travel advice and their writing journey on podcasts including:

Author talks and presentations:

I’ve done a mix of author events, including panel talks, book readings, Q&A conversations, and structured presentations.

Below are some of the presentations and author talks I’ve developed. I offer virtual author talks for book clubs libraries, and other organizations; this page has more information on book club visits and presentations.