The Best American
Travel Writing 2012

William T. Vollmann

William T. Vollmann is the author of seventeen books, including Europe Central, winner of the National Book Award. He has also won the Whiting Writers Award, the PEN Center / USA West Award, and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Sacramento, California with his wife and daughter.

Jason Wilson

Jason Wilson writes the spirits column for the Washington Post and is the editor of The Smart Set. He is also the author of Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits.