Zac Thompson has been a writer and editor with Frommer's for a decade. He currently serves as Managing Editor.
Previously, his freelance work has appeared in the Village Voice, the Chicago Reader, Time Out, Chicago magazine, and elsewhere. Additionally, he worked as an editor of Groupon's editorial travel content.
He is a past recipient of a Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award from the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation. He was recognized in the "service-oriented consumer work" category.
Originally from Springdale, Arkansas, he received his bachelor's degree from Northwestern University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his husband, Frank.
Other ContributionsChicago Reader
Time Out
Chicago Magazine
The Village Voice
EducationNorthwestern University
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Frommer's Managing Editor. Covers travel topics relating to the TSA, animals, pop culture, the South, &c. Arkansan gone off up north.
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Editor-in-Chief of Frommers.com, author of Here Lies America, longtime co-host of "The Travel Show" on WABC, two-time Lowell Thomas Award winner for Guide Book of the Year (Frommer's London, Orlando).
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