Nangle, Hilary (1958 - )

Genre: Non-Fiction

Nangle is a freelance travel and sports writer who has lived in Maine since childhood; she grew up in the Portland area and now lives in Waldoboro with her husband, photographer Tom Nangle.

She attended College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. (class of 1980), and started a graduate degree in Middle Eastern studies before dropping out to work for whitewater rafting companies and ski resorts. She was managing editor for Gourmet News, a trade publication, from 1992-1995 and features editor for the Brunswick Times Record newspaper from 1995-1998.

Nangle is the contract editor for the Maine Office of Tourism's "Maine Invites You" guide.

She won the 2003 Harold S. Hirsch Award for Excellence in Snowsports Journalism for magazines, and the Maine Media Women's 1998 Communicator of Achievement Award. She's featured monthly as travel expert on the WCSH6 TV talk show "207."