For writing and editing work, travel consultation, or if you just want to chat, please email me at adamkarlin@gmail.com.

I am an author, journalist, and travel writer. After growing up in rural Maryland, I began exploring the world, working as a bartender in Australia, editor in Thailand and Laos, correspondent in India and Sri Lanka, and bouncer in the Florida Keys.

Along the way I have written on travel, crime, politics, archaeology, and civil wars – both contemporary and historical – for outlets like the BBC, NPR, and Christian Science Monitor. I am also a regular author for Lonely Planet, where I have contributed to dozens of guidebooks, covering an alphabetical spread that ranges from the Andaman Islands to the Zimbabwe Border and every continent barring Antarctica (one day!). My essays and articles have featured in multiple non-fiction anthologies, including “The Places We’ve Been: Field Reports from Travelers Under 35,” and “Inheriting the War: Poetry and Prose by Descendants of Vietnam Veterans and Refugees.”

I have completed an MFA in Fiction Writing at the University of New Orleans, where I won the Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers’ first place graduate fiction award, the Ernest & Shirley Svenson Award for Fiction, and was a semi-finalist for American Short Fiction’s Halifax Ranch Prize. I also have an MA in International Studies from the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London.

Beyond journalism, travel writing and fiction, I’ve written branded marketing for Vox, open source intelligence for Jane’s Information Group, and advertising copy for multiple clients. I am always available for hire, and can go anywhere, anytime