Andrew Dean Nystrom

Andrew Dean Nystrom is an author, journalist, editor, photographer and travel planning consultant specializing in responsible and sustainable adventure travel in Latin America and western North America.

Prior to joining the Sales departments at Alaska Discovery [http://www.mtsobek.com/alaska_Discovery/] and Mountain Travel Sobek, [ [http://www.mtsobek.com Adventure Travel and Adventure Vacations. Explore the World with Mountain Travel Sobek. ] at www.mtsobek.com] Nystrom was a freelance travel writer for Fodor's [cite book
title=Fodor's upCLOSE Los Angeles (1998)
author=Andrew Dean Nystrom, Paula Consolo, Fodor's
date=1997-12-29
publisher=Fodor's
isbn=0679033831
url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/0679033831] and Lonely Planet Publications. [ [http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/authors.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673223062&bmUID=1196756991662 Lonely Planet Guidebooks ] at shop.lonelyplanet.com] In 2006, he was appointed Americas' Manager by the Australian adventure travel outfitter World Expeditions, based in San Francisco. In January 2007, he was named Senior Producer of the Travel section of Los Angeles Times Interactive (Tribune Company), travel.latimes.com. [ [http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/?author=3 Travel Deals, Vacations, Reviews, News & Tips - LATimes.com ] at travel.latimes.com]

Nystrom was a regular contributor to the "Travels with Lonely Planet" newspaper column, distributed in the Americas by King Features Syndicate. [ [http://www.tsscontent.ca/comics/content__1/print_content/columns/lifestyle_advice/travels_with_lonely_planet Welcome to Torstar Syndication Services ] at www.tsscontent.ca] His photographs and feature stories have appeared in the Arizona Daily Star, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Chicago Tribune, Contra Costa Times, Dallas Morning News, Denver Post, Houston Chronicle, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, The Oregonian, San Francisco Chronicle, Salt Lake Tribune, San Jose Mercury News, Vancouver Sun, and on Yahoo! Travel.

Since 1995, Nystrom has contributed to two dozen travel guidebooks and reference titles, covering Alaska, Antarctica, Argentina, Bolivia, California, Chile, Hawai'i, Mexico, the Southwestern United States, the Rocky Mountains, and Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. [http://www.amazon.com/s?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=andrew+dean+nystrom]

Nystrom's non-guidebook credits for Lonely Planet include the "Gap Year Book", the "Career Break Book", "Code Green", "The Bluelist", the "Middle of Nowhere", and an "Experimental Travel" essay about the risks and rewards of letting a stranger's dog take him for a walk. His writing has been translated into a dozen languages, including Mandarin, Spanish, French, Italian, Czech, Polish, Hebrew and Korean. [http://www.amazon.com/s?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=andrew+dean+nystrom]

Nystrom has been interviewed as a travel expert by "The New Yorker (Tad Friend), Men's Journal (Ethan Watters), USA Today (Laura Bly)," the London "Sunday Times," LonelyPlanet.com and Rolf Potts.com. As a speaker, he has lectured about adventure travel and travel writing at Stanford University, the University of California and the Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference.

Nystrom earned a bachelor’s of arts degree in Conservation Geography and Environmental Education from the University of California, Berkeley. Since 2005, he has served as an advisor to the National Geographic Society's Center for Sustainable Destinations. [ [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/features/whsrated0611/whsrated_panelists.html World Heritage Destinations Rated: Panelists @ National Geographic Traveler ] at www.nationalgeographic.com]

In October 2005, Nystrom's "Top Trails Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks" hiking guidebook won the Best Outdoor Adventure Guidebook award at the annual National Outdoor Book Awards, which "honors the best in outdoor writing and publishing." [ [http://www.isu.edu/outdoor/books/books05.htm Winners of the 2005 National Outdoor Book Awards ] at www.isu.edu] ISBN 0-89997-368-X, Wilderness Press, June 2005.

Bibliography - Author

*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2006, 10th ed | title = Lonely Planet Mexico | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Footscray, Australia | id = ISBN 978-17405-97449 Author, Around Mexico City chapter.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2006, 1st ed | title = Lonely Planet Bluelist | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Footscray, Australia | id = ISBN 1-74104-734-X Contributor.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2006, 1st ed | title = Lonely Planet Code Green: Experiences of a Lifetime | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Footscray, Australia | id = ISBN 1-74104-791-9 Contributor.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2006, 1st ed | title = Lonely Planet Guide to the Middle of Nowhere | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Footscray, Australia | id = ISBN 1-74104-784-6 Contributor.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2005, 1st ed | title = Top Trails Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks | publisher = Wilderness Press | location = Berkeley, CA | id = ISBN 0-89997-368-X Author and photographer. Winner of 2005 National Outdoor Book Award for Best Outdoor Adventure Guidebook.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2005, 1st ed | title = The Lonely Planet Guide to Experimental Travel | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Footscray, Australia | id = ISBN 1-74104-450-2 Contributor.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2005, 5th ed | title = Lonely Planet Argentina | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Oakland, CA | id = ISBN 1-74059-515-7 Author, Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego chapters.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2005, 1st ed | title = Lonely Planet USA & Canada on a Shoestring | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Oakland, CA | id = ISBN 1-74059-652-8 Author, Alaska, Hawaii and Southwest chapters. Co-author, California and Rocky Mountains chapters.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2005, 2nd ed | title = The Gap Year Book | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = London | id = ISBN 1-74059-865-2 Author, North America and Caribbean chapter.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2004, 5th ed | title = Lonely Planet Bolivia | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Oakland, CA | id = ISBN 1-74104-018-3 Co-author.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2004, 9th ed | title = Lonely Planet Mexico | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Oakland, CA | id = ISBN 1-74059-686-2 Author, Around Mexico City & Northern Central Highlands chapters.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2004, 9th ed | title = Lonely Planet South America on a Shoestring | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Oakland, CA | id = ISBN 1-74104-163-5 Author, Bolivia chapter.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2004, 1st ed | title = The Career Break Book | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = London | id = ISBN 1-74059-866-0 Co-author.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2003, 1st ed | title = Lonely Planet Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Oakland, CA | id = ISBN 1-74104-116-3 Co-author and photographic contributor.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2003, 1st ed | title = Lonely Planet Las Vegas Condensed | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Oakland, CA | id = ISBN 1-74059-453-3 Author.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2002, 8th ed | title = Lonely Planet Mexico | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Oakland, CA | id = ISBN 1-74059-028-7 Co-author, Central Pacific Coast chapter.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2002, 3rd ed | title = Lonely Planet San Francisco | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Oakland, CA | id = ISBN 1-86450-309-2 Photographic contributor.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2002, 2nd ed | title = Lonely Planet USA | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Oakland, CA | id = ISBN 1-86450-308-4 Author, Rocky Mountains chapter.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2001, 2nd ed | title = Out to Eat: San Francisco 2002 | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Oakland, CA | id = ISBN 1-74059-270-0 Co-author, review, feature and photographic contributor.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2001, 3rd ed | title = Lonely Planet Rocky Mountains | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Oakland, CA | id = ISBN 1-86450-327-0 Author, Idaho and Wyoming and photographic contributor.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2000, 1st ed | title = Out to Eat: San Francisco 2001 | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Oakland, CA | id = ISBN 1-86450-084-0 Co-author, review and feature contributor.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 1998, 1st ed | title = Fodor's upClose: Los Angeles | publisher = Random House | location = New York | id = ISBN 0-679-03383-1 Co-author.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 1997, 1st ed | title = Fodor's upClose: California | publisher = Random House | location = New York | id = ISBN 0-679-03438-2 Author, Los Angeles chapter.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 1996, 4th ed | title = Fodor's Berkeley Guide: Mexico 1996 | publisher = Random House | location = New York | id = ISBN 0-679-02987-7 Author, Oaxaca, Chiapas and Tabasco chapters.

Bibliography - Foreign Language Translations

*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2005, 1st Spanish ed | title = Lonely Planet Argentina | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Barcelona | id = ISBN 84-08-05938-6
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2005, 3rd Italian ed | title = Lonely Planet Argentina | publisher = Lonely Planet/EDT | location = Italy | id = ISBN 88-7063-832-4
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2005, 1st French ed | title = Lonely Planet Argentine | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Paris | id = ISBN 2-84070-432-3
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2004, 2nd French ed | title = Lonely Planet Bolivie | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Paris | id = ISBN 1-74104-018-3
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2004, 3rd Italian ed | title = Lonely Planet Bolivia | publisher = Lonely Planet/EDT | location = Italy | id = ISBN 88-7063-725-5
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2005, 6th Italian ed | title = Lonely Planet Messico | publisher = Lonely Planet/EDT | location = Italy | id = ISBN 88-7063-742-5
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2002, 5th Italian ed | title = Lonely Planet Messico | publisher = Lonely Planet/EDT | location = Italy | id = ISBN 88-7063-624-0
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2005, 2nd Spanish ed | title = Lonely Planet México | publisher = GeoPlaneta | location = Barcelona | id = ISBN 84-08-05620-4
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2005, 6th French ed | title = Lonely Planet Mexique | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Paris | id = ISBN 2-84070-257-6
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2002, 5th French ed | title = Lonely Planet Mexique | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Paris | id = ISBN 2-84070-243-6
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2003, 2nd French ed | title = Lonely Planet Ouest Américain | publisher = GeoPlaneta | location = Barcelona | id = ISBN 2-84070-259-2

Bibliography - Editor

*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2001 | title = Giants in the Earth: The California Redwoods | publisher = Heyday Books | location = Berkeley, CA | id = ISBN 1-890771-23-6
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2001, 2nd ed | title = Lonely Planet California & Nevada | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Oakland, CA | id = ISBN 0-86442-644-5
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 2000, 7th ed | title = Lonely Planet South America on a Shoestring | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Oakland, CA | id = ISBN 0-86442-656-9
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 1999, 1st ed | title = Lonely Planet Puerto Rico | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Oakland, CA | id = ISBN 0-86442-552-X
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 1999, 1st ed | title = Lonely Planet Dominican Republic & Haiti | publisher = Lonely Planet | location = Oakland, CA | id = ISBN 0-86442-647-X
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 1997 | title = Gold Rush: A Literary Exploration | publisher = Heyday Books | location = Berkeley, CA | id = ISBN 0-930588-99-1
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 1997, 1st ed | title = Maya Atlas: The Struggle to Preserve Maya Land in Southern Belize | publisher = North Atlantic Books | location = Oakland, CA | id = ISBN 1-55643-256-9 Editor and translator.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 1997 | title = Professor Pathfinder's Berkeley City Map | publisher = Hedberg Maps | location = Minneapolis, MN | id = ISBN 1-885508-18-2 Field editor.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 1996 | title = Transient Ways | publisher = Passing Through Publications | location = Na'alehu, HI | id = ISBN 1-890054-03-8 Editor.
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 1996 | title = Fodor's Berkeley Guide: Mexico 1997 | publisher = Random House | location = New York | id = ISBN 0-679-03182-0
*cite book | first = Andrew Dean | last = Nystrom | year = 1995, 2nd ed | title = Fodor's Berkeley Guide: Central America | publisher = Random House | location = New York | id = ISBN 0-679-02979-6

References

* [http://www.isu.edu/outdoor/bookpol.htm National Outdoor Book Awards]
* Amazon.com profile: [http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A279P4E5XE95OD]
* Bio and bibliography: [http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/authors.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673223062&bmUID=1180422314225 LonelyPlanet.com]

External links

* [http://www.alaskadiscovery.com Alaska Discovery]
* [http://www.mtsobek.com Mountain Travel Sobek]
* [http://www.worldexpeditions.com World Expeditions]
* [http://travel.latimes.com Los Angeles Times Travel]
* [http://ecoclub.com/news/056/interview.html EcoClub.com] interview
* [http://www.rolfpotts.com/writers/nystrom.php RolfPotts.com] interview
* [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/sustainable National Geographic Society Center for Sustainable Destinations]