Sense Of Place Great Travel Writers Talk About Their Craft, Lives, And Inspiration

Michael Shapiro is a writer who has bicycled through Cuba for the Washington Post, celebrated Holy Week in Guatemala for the Dallas Morning News, and floated down the Mekong River on a Laotian cargo barge for an online magazine. He is the author of three books about using the Internet for travel, including Internet Travel Planner, and maintains NetTravel.com, a list of top travel sites alongside some of his travel stories. For four years Shapiro wrote a column for the San Francisco Chronicle travel section. His work also appears in the Los Angeles Times, Sunset, and in Travelers' Tales anthologies. For an investigation into frequent-flier programs, Shapiro won a 1998 Lowell Thomas award from the Society of American Travel Writers. In 1994, he joined O'Reilly and Associates to help develop Global Newtork Navigator, the first online directory of sites on the World Wide Web. Shapiro's first travel story was about a bicycle journey he took across the U.S. the summer after he graduated from U.C. Berkeley. He's worked as a river-raft guide and is a volunteer sea kayak guide for ETC, a group that takes disabled people on outdoor adventures. Shapiro has also interviewed Barry Bonds, discussed the blues with B.B. King, and been blessed by the Dalai Lama. A native of New York, he lives in Sonoma County, California, with his wife and cat. He can be reached by email at senseofplace@nettravel.com.Shapiro, Michael is the author of 'Sense Of Place Great Travel Writers Talk About Their Craft, Lives, And Inspiration', published 2004 under ISBN 9781932361087 and ISBN 1932361081.