Guide Note: Thomas Kohnstamm is a former writer for the popular travel publication Lonely Planet. While working at Lonely Planet, Kohnstamm admittedly plagiarized parts of his books, while dealing drugs for additional income. Kohnstamm based some of his entries on informatin received from a consulate intern in Columbia, he's said to have been dating. After learning that Kohnstamm had never been to some of the countries he was writing about, Lonely Planet reviewed Kohnstamm's contributions, and claims no inaccuracies. Kohnstamm's new book Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?, is scheduled for release on April 22, 2008.
Fast Facts:
- Age: 32
- Born: 1975 (Seattle, Washington)
- Sign: Sagittarius
- Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? release date: 4/22/08
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- CNN: Travel writer tells newspaper he plagiarized, dealt drugs - CNN.com (April 13, 2008)
- The Age: Lonely Planet rocked by fraud scandal (April 13, 2008)
- New Zealand Herald: More sex than Paeroa (April 6, 2008)
- Telegraph: A travel writer on a not so lonely planet (April 4, 2008)
- The New York Times: A Job With Travel but No Vacation (July 9, 2006)
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Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?
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- Gadling: 5 reasons to be outraged by the Lonely Planet fraud (April 13, 2008)
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