In Getting the Story: Experiences of a Travel Journalist, Patricia Woeber shares her rare adventures as she traveled the world alone. Exploring places unfamiliar to her in Africa, Asia, and Europe, she sought out every possible lead for newspaper and magazine articles. The aim of her work was to produce informative pieces that would encourage people to travel. The short stories within this memoir relate true experiences in enthralling far-off locations. A woman alone, Patricia was aware of the opportunities and occasional risks.

Patricia reflects on her successful career as a travel writer and photographer by interweaving personal anecdotes, some history, and her detailed accounts of planned and unexpected encounters. She also offers her insights into the art of the travel-writing craft.

Patricia Woeber has always been surrounded by books as she came from a book-loving family. Schooled in South Africa, Patricia's education followed the typical English language subjects. Later, she attended the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, majoring in painting and history of art. She also served as an associate instructor in painting. After her children went to college, Patricia traveled in Europe and Asia, fulfilling a lifelong dream. Travel led to journalism, and soon she was recognized as a highly successful international writer and photographer. Patricia wrote for newspapers across the US and Canada. In Asia, English language magazines, such as The Peak, Marie Claire, Robb Report, and Wealth featured her articles. Patricia resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband Kenneth.