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Shawnie Kelley

Shawnie Kelley has lived in Columbus since 1997 and calls Upper Arlington home since 2002. She studied Art History at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, The Ohio State University, and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Shawnie is the author of the all three editions of the Insiders' Guide® to Columbus, several books about Cape Cod, and has contributed food and travel-related articles to both national and international magazines, including Edible Columbus and Sophisticated Living.…Read More

Shawnie Kelley has lived in Columbus since 1997 and calls Upper Arlington home since 2002. She studied Art History at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, The Ohio State University, and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Shawnie is the author of the all three editions of the Insiders’ Guide® to Columbus, several books about Cape Cod, and has contributed food and travel-related articles to both national and international magazines, including Edible Columbus and Sophisticated Living. She owns Wanderlust Tours, a cultural and culinary travel company, and teaches cooking classes for The Mix at Columbus State. Some of her best times are just exploring the world, sniffing out regional food, writing about spas, afternoon tea and golf, and adventuring with her fun little family: Dan, Madalyn, and Gabe. She hopes the Insiders’ Guide will expose Columbus as the international capital city it is becoming!