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Ann Marie Brown

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Ann Marie Brown has written 14 California travel guidebooks plus hundreds of articles that have appeared in Sunset, VIA, Islands, Backpacker, Hemispheres, Wanderlust, Sierra, Visit California, and other publications. She is a frequent guest on the "California Now" podcast.

Rick Steves

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Guidebook author and travel TV host Rick Steves is America's most respected authority on European travel. Rick took his first trip to Europe in 1969, visiting piano factories with his father, a piano importer. As an 18-year-old, Rick began traveling on his own, funding his trips by teaching piano lessons. In 1976, he started his business, Rick Steves' Europe, which has grown from a one-man operation to a company with a staff of 100 full-time, well-travelled employees at his headquarters in Washington state. There he produces more than 50 guidebooks on European travel, America's most popular travel series...