Background

Kelsey Timmerman is a freelance writer who focuses on globalization, travel, the outdoors, adventure, and what it means to be a Touron (moron + tourist) in a world of clashing cultures. Kelsey believes that if we reduce global issues to the stories of individual people, we can better see ourselves, our parents, our sons and daughters, and our hopes and struggles in one another.

Whether laughing at the world with garment workers in Cambodia or talking with college students in Indiana, discussing SCUBA diving with lobster divers in Nicaragua or addressing a nonprofit in Florida, playing PlayStation with students in Kosovo or challenging high school students in the U.S. to see the world differently, the author seeks to connect people through words and pictures.

In his first book, WHERE AM I WEARING? Kelsey traveled the world to find out where his clothes came from. Visiting garment factories in Asia and Latin America, he shared the stories of the people who make our clothes. From a 20-something t-shirt maker in Honduras to a single mother of two in Bangladesh, Timmerman humanizes the issues of globalization and provokes readers to check their tags and think about where their clothing came from.

If you would like to know more about the author you can visit his website, http://whereamiwearing.com/, or if you have questions for the author, please go to Twitter and tweet him @KelseyTimmerman.

Other Publications
Kelsey's writing has appeared in publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Condé Nast Portfolio and has aired on NPR. He has spoken on subjects such as globalization, travel, and social responsibility at universities, high schools, and groups across the country.

His next book, WHERE AM I EATING?, will be published by Wiley in 2013. He is currently traveling, picking bananas and chocolate, catching lobster, and working on coffee plantations.

Materials compiled by Michael Daehn, Stephanie Hedge, Lory King, Kristen McCauliff, Peg Shaffer, and Melinda Messineo

Resources: Biographical Information from Amazon.com and from the author’s website.