Frank Bures is the acclaimed author of "The Geography of Madness," lauded by Newsweek as a top travel book of the decade, as well as editor of "Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology," and author of “The Shape of the World: Essays on Travel, Culture and Belief from Rotary Magazine”. His work has graced the pages of Harper's, The Washington Post Magazine, and Outside, and his stories have been twice featured in "Best American Travel Writing" and seventeen times recognized as "Notable" in "Best American" anthologies for sports, essays, and travel writing.