Don George
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Currently the Global Travel Editor for Lonely Planet Publications, Don George writes the award-winning Traveler at Large column for lonelyplanet.com and serves as Lonely Planet's global spokesperson, working with print, radio and TV journalists, editors and producers around the world. Prior to joining Lonely Planet, Mr. George was Travel Editor at the San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle and then founded and edited Salon.com's acclaimed travel site, Wanderlust. He has edited four anthologies, including the highly acclaimed The Kindness of Strangers and A House Somewhere: Tales of Life Abroad, both published by Lonely Planet, as well as Salon.com's Wanderlust: Real-Life Tales of Adventure and Romance and Travelers' Tales: Japan. In two and a half decades of wandering, he has visited more than 60 countries. He has also worked as a teacher in Athens, a translator in Paris and a TV talk show host in Tokyo. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two children. Program: The Kindness of Strangers |
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