Thomas Swick is the author of three travel books, the most recent being The Joys of Travel: And Stories That Illuminate Them. His work has appeared in six editions of The Best American Travel Writing.

Thomas Swick

Wish I Were There: The Life and Times of a Travel Writer

"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Around the World

"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them." — Federico García Lorca

Nonfiction

Thomas Swick is the author of three travel books, the most recent being The Joys of Travel: And Stories That Illuminate Them. His work has appeared in six editions of The Best American Travel Writing.