I’m the author of Grounded, a travel memoir about circumnavigating the globe without the aid of any aircraft. I’m a contributing writer for Slate. My work has also appeared in the New York Times, New York, Newsweek, and other wonderful (and less wonderful, and in some cases, defunct) publications. I’ve received multiple Lowell Thomas awards from the Society of American Travel Writers, been excerpted three times in the Best American Travel Writing series, and won the 2005 Online Journalism Award for commentary.