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Adam has written on travel, crime, politics, archaeology, and civil wars – both contemporary and historical – for outlets like the BBC, NPR, and The Christian Science Monitor, and is a regular author for Lonely Planet, where he has contributed to over 100 guidebooks, covering every continent bar Antarctica. His creative nonfiction has appeared in multiple non-fiction anthologies, as well as Catapult, The Bitter Southerner, Stranger's Guide, Huck, Worldhum, and The Statesider; he also has a notable essay listed in The Best American Travel Writing 2020. His debut novel, Luna & the Heart of the Forest, a middle grade dark fantasy, was published by Breakwater Books and named a top Canadian children's book by Teach Magazine. He lives in New Orleans with his wife and two kids, where he teaches Humanities at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts.