Tom BrosnahanBorn in Pennsylvania, Tom Brosnahan joined the US Peace Corps after in 1967, and went to Turkey to teach English. During his Peace Corps service he discovered a fascinating land virtually unknown to most travelers. Tom wrote his first travel guideboo, Turkey on $5 a Day, (Frommer's, 1970) as a Peace Corps project. After graduate school and historical research in the archives of the Ottoman Empire, Tom devoted himself to writing and photography. . Tom has served as a Contributing Editor to Budget Travel magazine, has had many articles and photographs published, and has appeared on ABC's Good Morning America, NPR's Talk of the Nation, the Travel Channel and Public Radio International's The Connection. He has given lectures at the American Turkish Council's annual conference, the Smithsonian Institution, the Cooper-Hewitt National Musem of Design, and other organizations. Read More Read Less