Editors: Bill Bryson and Jason Wilson
Rolf’s story: “Storming ‘The Beach'”
Notable contributors: P.J. O’Rourke, William T. Vollmann, Tim Cahill, Bill Buford, David Halberstam and Dave Eggers
The Best American Travel Writing 2000
The Best American Travel Writing 2006
Editors: Tim Cahill and Jason Wilson
Rolf’s Story: “Tantric Sex for Dilettantes”
Notable contributors: Alain de Botton, Pico Iyer, David Sedaris, Gary Shteyngart, and George Saunders.
The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. 2
Editor: Lee Gutkind
Rolf’s Story: “The Art of Writing a Story About Walking Across Andorra”
Notable contributors: Heidi Julavits, Stefan Fatsis, Pagan Kennedy, Donovan Hohn, and William deBuys.
The Best Travel Writing 2006
Editors: James O’Reilly, Larry Habegger, Sean O’Reilly
Rolf’s Story: “Road Roulette”
Notable contributors: Alain de Botton, Herbert Gold, Bob Guccione Jr., Tony Perrottet, Jeff Greenwald and Patrick Symmes.
The Best Travel Writing 2008
Editors: James O’Reilly, Larry Habegger, Sean O’Reilly
Rolf’s Story: “Death of an Adventure Traveler”
Notable contributors: Sara Wheeler, Catherine Watson, Tony Perrottet, and Richard Goodman.
The Best Travel Writing 2009
Editors: James O’Reilly, Larry Habegger, Sean O’Reilly
Rolf’s Story: “Up Cambodia Without a Phrasebook”
Notable contributors: Pico Iyer, Tony Perrottet, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Gary Buslik, and David Farley.
The Best of Lonely Planet Travel Writing
Editor: Tony Wheeler
Rolf’s Story: “Something Approaching Enlightenment”
Notable contributors: Simon Winchester, Jan Morris, Pico Iyer, Jason Elliot, Tim Cahill, and William Dalrymple.
Irresponsible Traveller
Editor: Jennifer Barclay
Rolf’s Story: “Intrigue Under the Big Screen”
Notable contributors: Michael Palin, Dervla Murphy, Simon Calder, Simon King, Tim Cahill, and Matthew Parris.
Encounters with the Middle East
Editors: Nesreen Khashan and Jim Bowman
Rolf’s Story: “Dancing at the Blood Festival”
Notable contributors: Jeff Greenwald, Murad Kalam, Mal Karman, Laurence Mitchell, and Michel Moushabeck.
Not So Funny When It Happened
Editor: Tim Cahill
Rolf’s story: “Penny Pinched”
Notable contributors: Dave Barry, Anne Lamott, David Sedaris, Bill Bryson and Douglas Adams
Lonely Planet Tales from Nowhere
Editor: Don George
Rolf’s Story: “The Living Museum of Nowhere and Everywhere”
Notable contributors: Simon Winchester, Pico Iyer, Tim Cahill, Stanley Stewart, and Anthony Sattin.