Kristen O'Brien Creative

Kristen has written for ELLE, ELLE.com, Marie Claire, Variety, Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast WWD, Z!nk, Time Out, Texas Monthly Special Publications, Austin-American Statesman, Austin Way, Austin Monthly, Austin Woman, Tribeza, Texas Highways, Texas Lifestyle Magazine, Society Diaries, The Salonniere and CultureMap. She is currently a stringer for People magazine.

Recent articles:

Texas Highways, The Art of Hospitality

Texas Highways, At This Historic General Store Near Brenham, You’ll Want to Overstay Your Welcome

Texas Highways, Monarch Butterfly Season Arrives in Texas with Virtual and In-Person Events

Society Texas, Barefoot Luxury in St. Barts

Travel + Leisure, This Couple Wanted to See Inside Their Neighbors’ Houses So They Started a Weird Homes Tour 

People, Tony Hawk on Looking Back at Iconic Skateboarding Career, Mental and Physical Challenges in New Doc

People.com, Pete Buttigieg is Geeking Out on Infrastructure—and Being a New Dad and Settling in to D.C. It’s Contagious.

People.com, Willie Nelson Looks Back at Himself in Red Headed Stranger, Joking ‘Who is That Old Bastard?’

People.com, Taylor Swift Proved She Can ‘Actually Work a Room’ at Nashville Landmark, Bluebird Cafe 

People.com, Luke Combs Says Planning a Wedding is ‘Overwhelming’

People.com, Lance Bass Hopes New Doc The Boy Band Con Will Teach People To ‘Be a Skeptic in Everything We Do’

People.Com, Keith Urban Reveals His Mantra in Music: ‘Nothing to Hide and Everything to Protect’

People.com, Texas Woman Creates Animal Rescue to Save Hundreds of Dogs Abandoned in the Same Park

People.com, Kesha Turns 30 and Finds Her Peace

People.com, Inside a Family’s Months-Long Quest to Find the Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Their Daughter

People.com, Behind the Scenes of Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Market

People.com, Meet the Newlyweds on a Mission to Travel to all 50 States in an RV

People.com, West Wing Cast Reunites for Justice for Vets

People.com, John Legend on How his Daughter to be Inspires New Music

People.com, Brooklyn Decker and Andy Roddick have “High Hopes” for son Hank

Variety, Katie Couric Leads SXSW Discussion on ‘What it Means to be a Muslim Today’ 

Variety, SXSW: Neil Gaiman Talks Casting ‘Good Omens’ Through Email 

MarieClaire.com, 8 Things You Never Knew About Gilmore Girls

WWD.com, Austin Power

Austin Monthly, What It’s Like to Talk to Spirits: My Experience Visiting a Séance

Austin Monthly, Character: Courtney Kizer

Austin Monthly, 6 Historic Texas Dance Halls 

Austin Way, The Ultimate Guide to F1

CultureMap.com, Austin Plays a Starring Role in the Life of Actress Kelly Frye and Her Arts Consultant Fiancée

CultureMap.com, Austin Filmmaker’s New Unscripted Series Champions LGBTQ Stories

CultureMap.com, What is it Really Like to Date the French? 

CultureMap.com, Growing Up with George Harrison

CultureMap.com, Run Away and Join the Circus: One Woman’s Story

Texas Lifestyle Magazine, Texan Couples Together in Business: Kim and Whit Hanks of Whim Hospitality

Texas Lifestyle Magazine, 48 Hours in Frankfurt

Texas Lifestyle Magazine, Travel Tuesday: Escape to Nowhere

Tribeza, Hidden Room Theatre’s Beth Burns On Why She Loves A Plague Play

Time Out, The Best Dog-Friendly Restaurants in Austin 

Austin Woman, Inside the Life of Sommelier Elizabeth Rodriguez 

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