Larry Olmsted

Larry is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning travel journalist and occasional Ivy League visiting professor. For 30 years he has written about travel and all the things people travel to do, but especially culinary topics and sports such as skiing, golf, cycling and hiking. He is a frequent expert guest on TV and radio, has spoken at SXSW and given a TEDx talk, has been a columnist for both USA Today and Investor’s Business Daily, and is the contributing travel editor for Cigar Aficionado magazine. He is a 3-time Guinness World Record holder, including one for travel, was named one of the 10 Most Extreme Journalists in the nation, and once had dinner with the late great Julia Child.