Ann Jones received an M.A. from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. Her travel essays and photographs have appeared in many newspapers and magazines, among them "The New York Times, Conde Nast Traveler, Town & Country, Women's Sports & Fitness, Outside, National Geographic Traveler, and "Spur. She is the author of five other books. Ann Jones lives in New York's Hudson River Valley.