Rolf Potts
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Rolf Potts is a travel writer whose work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, the New York Times Magazine, Slate.com, Condé Nast Traveler, Outside, The Believer, The Guardian, National Public Radio, the Travel Channel, Salon.com and World Hum.[1] His travel advice book Vagabonding, which has been translated into several foreign languages, is in its tenth printing. He won the Lowell Thomas Award in 2003, 2004,[2] 2006[3] and 2007.[4] Potts is the summer writer-in-residence at the Paris American Academy.[2]
On Rolf Potts' Vagabonding blog, archives of more than 100 interviews with travel writers provide insight to the motivations of globe-trotting authors. Among the writers Potts has interviewed are: Arthur Frommer, Gayle Keck, Gary Lee, L. Peat O'Neil, Tom Miller, C. M. Mayo, Simon Winchester and Amanda Jones.
In 2010, Rolf Potts traveled around the world in six weeks with no luggage or bags of any kind.[5]
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[edit] Bibliography
- Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations from One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer (Travelers' Tales, 2008)
- In 2003 Rolf released Vagabonding, which is about taking time off work for overseas long-term travel. From his own experiences he gives advice, chronicles adventures and shows how one can travel and live on their terms.
[edit] Published in anthologies
- The Best Travel Writing 2009
- The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. 2, W.W. Norton
- The Best Travel Writing 2008
- Encounters with the Middle East
- The Best American Travel Writing 2006, Houghton Mifflin
- Tales From Nowhere, Lonely Planet
- The Best Travel Writing 2006
- What Color is Your Jockstrap?
- The World is a Kitchen
- By the Seat of My Pants, Lonely Planet
- The Best Travel Writing 2005
- Travel Writing, Lonely Planet
- The Best Travelers' Tales 2004
- The Kindness of Strangers, Lonely Planet
- Hyenas Laughed at Me and Now I Know Why: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure
- A House Somewhere: Tales of Life Abroad, Lonely Planet
- Travelers' Tales: Turkey
- Salon.com's Wanderlust: Real-Life Tales of Adventure and Romance, Villard/Random House
- Best American Travel Writing 2000, Houghton Mifflin
- Adrenaline 2000: The Year's Best Stories of Adventure and Survival
- Not So Funny When it Happened: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure
- Travelers' Tales: Greece
[edit] References
- ^ "Bio". Official site. http://www.rolfpotts.com/bio/.
- ^ a b "Rolf Potts". Skyways. http://www.skyways.org/orgs/kcfb/database_pages/p/Potts_Rolf.htm.
- ^ "2006 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Winners". Society of American Travel Writers Foundation. http://www.satwf.com/2006lttraveljournalismwinners.aspx.
- ^ "2007 Lowell Thomas Winners". Society of American Travel Writers Foundation. http://www.satwf.com/2007lowellthomaswinners.aspx.
- ^ Hilton, Spud. "No-luggage travel packs more potential", San Francisco Chronicle, September 19, 2010.
[edit] External links
- Potts, Rolf (2009-02-07). "Around the world on shoestring". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/feb/07/rolf-potts-budget-travel-guide.
- O'Neill, Sean (2008-09-16). "Interview with Rolf Potts on his new book and on the "tourist" versus "traveler" debate". Newsweek Magazine/Budget Travel. http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2008/09/i_recently_interviewed_rolf_po.html.
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