Julian Smith is an award-
winning writer, editor and photographer specializing in travel, science and lifestyle topics.

He is the author of four travel guidebooks and has contributed to numerous other books, magazines, newspapers and websites.

His writing and photography have appeared in Smithsonian, Outside, National Geographic Traveler, National Geographic Adventure, the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post, and his work has been syndicated worldwide by The New York Times.
 
Books
Moon Handbooks Four Corners
Winner of the 2004 Lowell Thomas Gold Award for Best Guidebook from the Society of American Travel Writers

Moon Handbooks Virginia

The very best of the Old Dominion. Includes Shenandoah National Park, Civil War battlefields, and Washington DC
Moon Handbooks Ecuador
From the Andes to the Amazon, Ecuador embodies the very best of South America. Includes Quito, Otavalo, and the Galápagos Islands
Recent Articles

Dive Bomber
Smithsonian

On a barge in Lake Mead, in Nevada, under a scorching sun, Dave Conlin pulled on long underwear, wool socks and a fleece jacket and pants...

Galapagos Now
The Washington Post

Slicing through the water in our baby blue kayaks, we arrive at Puerto Grande Beach, on the west shore of San Cristobal Island, at sunset...

Still Life
Outside Magazine

In the early nineties, you couldn’t turn around without spilling a microbrew on some goateed guy’s flannel...
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