For nearly a decade, Stacey Freed was a senior editor at Remodeling magazine. Since 2013 she has been freelancing for national trade and consumer publications. Her bylines can be found in several Better Homes and Gardens and USA Today special interest publications, Realtor magazine, This Old House, Real Simple, Family Dog, Net Assets, Professional Builder and Custom Builder as well as online at AARP, Forbes.com, House Logic, Construction Dive, Trulia and Zillow, among other places.

Freed has won a Neal Award for specialized journalism and several awards from the American Society of Business Publications Editors. She holds a MFA from George Mason University. Her essay, “Tourist No More,” published in She Can Find Her Way: Women Travelers at Their Best (Upper Hand Press, 2017), was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is also co-author of her book Hiking the Catskills (Falcon Guides/Globe Pequot, 2022).