Ray Bartlett began his freelance career when he jumped a freight train for 500 miles and sold an article and photos about the experience to a local newspaper. Years later, Ray is still wandering the globe with pen and camera in hand. He received an MA in Fiction from Boston University, where he taught for several years before devoting himself to writing full-time.

Ray is often on the road in Japan, Korea, or Mexico, and has numerous publication, radio, and podcast credits, which you can see at his website, www.Kaisora.com. His debut novel, _Sunsets of Tulum_ was published in October, 2015 from Barrel Fire Press and was a Midwest Book Review 2016 February fiction selection. His second novel, _Celadon_, was published in 2020. When not elsewhere, he lives in the USA.

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Paul Clammer is a travel writer and guidebook author.

He has written or contributed to more than 40 guidebooks for Lonely Planet and Bradt Travel Guides.

A freelance travel writer for nearly fifteen years, Anna Kaminski has contributed to dozens of travel guidebooks, covering destinations that span six continents. These include the Rough Guide to Chile, the Trailblazer Trans-Siberian Handbook, and Lonely Planet guides to Mexico, Jamaica, Borneo, the Baltic States, Central Asia, Kenya, West Coast Australia, Wales, Canada, Nicaragua, Argentina, Brazil, the Philippines, Vietnam, Greek Islands, Costa Rica, Papua New Guinea and Mongolia, as well as her current home, Spain, and her former homes: UK and Russia.

Most recently, she has penned her first solo book, Eyeball Tacos and Kangaroo Stew, a travelogue/memoir that takes a candid look at her life in travel through the prism of memorable meals.

An incorrigible foodie, there are few things that Anna will not eat, and she is prepared to travel great distances in search of memorable meals. Her favourite pastimes, besides eating, include corresponding with death row inmates, trekking in the mountains and attending Bruce Springsteen gigs. A career in criminal law is her ‘road not taken’.