Chuck Thompson

Chuck Thompson, author of Smile When You're Lying, is a former features editor for Maxim and was the first editor in chief of Travelocity magazine and served as part of the editorial team for the launch of CNNGo.com. He has travelled on assignment to more than 35 countries and his writing and photography have appeared in Atlantic, Esquire, National Geographic Adventure, Playboy, Spy, Escape, WWE Magazine, Outside, Men's Journal, and the Los Angeles Times. Thompson presents To Hellholes and Back: Bribes, Lies, and the Art of Extreme Tourism, in which he sets out to face his worst travel fears in Africa, India, Mexico City, and - most terrifying of all - at Disney World.

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