was born and raised in rural eastern Montana, though he spent the better years of his youth attending university in Great Britain, France, and Canada. He has previously written about Montana and Utah for Moon Publications and about the Pacific Northwest and Seattle for Lonely Planet. Other publications he has written for include National Geographic
and
Microsoft Expedia.
Bill is also coauthor of
Frommer
s Canada.
He makes his home in Portland, Oregon.
Donald Olson
is a novelist, playwright, and travel writer. He has published several novels, most recently
The Confessions of Aubrey Beardsley
and, under the pen name of Swan Adamson,
My Three Husbands
and
Confessions of a Pregnant Princess.
His plays have been staged in the U.S. and Europe. Donald Olson
s travel stories have appeared in
The New York Times, Travel & Leisure, Sunset, National Geographic
books, and many other publications. He is the author of
England For Dummies
(winner of the 2002 Lowell Thomas Travel Writing Award for Best Guidebook),
London For Dummies, Germany For Dummies,
and
Frommer
s Irreverent Guide to London.