Storyteller Adventures
Storytelling is one of our most fundamental communication methods. Who doesn’t love hearing a good story? The fact is, we spend much of our daily lives hearing and telling stories! It’s our way of sharing information and living vicariously through the experiences of others.
During our first half-century, we have been fortunate enough to have some pretty incredible experiences and we fancy sharing our tales. We’ve called this blog, “Storyteller Adventures,” because we wanted to share some of our incidents of travel as well as to document our journey of how Vista Tranquila Publishers came into existence and how it continues. So, what does our blog include and what can you expect to find? For sure, we’ll touch on topics relevant to bilingual life, our travels around the world, the exotic foods we try, and the intriguing people we encounter. We have astonishing adventures every day though, even when we don’t go anywhere. We’ll share our mundane observations and some truly unique encounters.
Vista Tranquila Publishers is our creation but, it’s so much more than a book publishing company. We seek to tell stories that will inspire interest, promote cross-cultural understanding, and be entertaining at the same time. Our basic premise for our business is in favor of creating shared experiences and opposed to the collection of garage sale fodder. We want to make our books and our products come alive. Once you become a part of the story, the books and the handicrafts we sell become part of our shared encounter, a type of trophy you story in your memory. Everything we post on our website will tell a story. We hope you like what we’re doing, and we look forward to reading your comments!
Day at the zoo
Wayne J. Pitts
Wayne Pitts received his Bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Western Carolina University in 1991. After serving in the Peace Corps in Senegal West Africa, he attended graduate school at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, completing his Master’s in sociology in 1995 and his Ph.D. in the same field in 2003. He was a tenured professor of criminology at the University of Memphis, where he spent eight years before going to work as a research criminologist at RTI International in 2012. He has lived in Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala and he currently has multiple work activities across Central America and the Caribbean. Wayne was an Author-in-Residence for Appalachian Memory Keepers and is a member of the Hispanic Heritage Literature Organization Milibrohispano. He is the the author of Chita, the Famous Chicken from Toto/Chita, la famosa gallina de Toto, which won the bronze medal at the 2024 International Latino Book Awards for Best Children’s Bilingual Picture Book.
Wayne Pitts recibió su licenciatura en antropología de la Western Carolina University en 1991. Tras servir en los Cuerpos de Paz en Senegal (África Occidental), realizó estudios de posgrado en la Universidad de Nuevo México, en Albuquerque, donde obtuvo un máster en sociología en 1995 y un doctorado en la misma especialidad en 2003. Fue profesor titular de criminología en la Universidad de Memphis, donde pasó ocho años antes de trasladarse a trabajar como criminólogo investigador en RTI International en 2012. Ha vivido en México, El Salvador y Guatemala y actualmente tiene múltiples actividades de trabajo en toda América Central y el Caribe. Wayne fue Autor Residente de Appalachian Memory Keepers y es miembro de la Organización de Literatura de Herencia Hispana Milibrohispano. Es autor de Chita, la famosa gallina de Toto/Chita, the Famous Chicken from Toto, que ganó la medalla de bronce en los Premios Internacionales del Libro Latino 2024 al mejor libro infantil bilingüe ilustrado.