Kim Cross is an editor-at-large for Southern Living and a feature writer who has received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Society of American Travel Writers, and the Media Industry Newsletter. Her writing has appeared in OutsideCooking Light, Bicycling, Runner’s WorldThe Tampa Bay TimesThe Birmingham NewsThe Anniston StarUSA TODAY, The New Orleans Times-Picayune, and CNN.com. She lives in Alabama.