Virginia M. Wright has been a journalist in Maine for more than three decades, including 10 years as senior editor of Down East  magazine. She's written about such diverse topics as the child-welfare practices that devastated the Wabanaki people, a remote island's struggle to maintain a year-round community, the revival of Maine's oyster industry, a United Nations proposal to promote moose milk (yes, really!), and a rare moth that lives only atop Maine's highest mountain. She's driven the entire 527-mile length of Maine's Route 1, observed the peculiar rituals of one island's daily commute, and helped biologists capture and assess the health of loons on a lake in the middle of the night. Her magazine articles have won eight International Regional Magazine Association awards, including four golds. Current projects include a book about the Maine mountain hamlet of Carrabassett Valley, to be published by Down East Books in November 2024.
As a magazine, newspaper, and newsletter editor, Virginia has worked with writers, editors, photographers, and art directors to plan, coordinate, and present material for publication. She's edited thousands of articles for accuracy, clarity, grammar, and punctuation, and she's copyedited and proofread memoirs for individuals. She is fluent in AP and Chicago styles.