Larry Habegger is a writer and editor who has been covering the world since his international travels began in the 1970s. As a freelance writer for more than three decades, his work has appeared in many major newspapers and magazines, including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Travel & Leisure, and Outside. His newspaper column "World Travel Watch" was syndicated for 31 years and during that time ran in major papers in five countries. In 1993 he cofounded the award-winning Travelers' Tales Books with James and Tim O'Reilly, where he serves as executive editor and helps oversee the company's publishing program and has worked on all of its 130-plus books. Larry teaches the craft of memoir and the personal essay and runs several writers groups. He is also a founder of The Prose Doctors, an editors consortium; editor of the annual magazine The Travel Guide to California; and editor in chief of Triporati.com, a destination discovery site.