An award-winning travel writer with essays aired on public radio and featured in Lonely Planet, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, and Smithsonian, among others, member of Bay Area Travel Writers Laurie McAndish King shares Lost, Kidnapped, Eaten Alive!: True Stories from a Curious Traveler. Whether she is lost in a parallel universe, or eaten alive by the blood-sucking denizens of tropical north Queensland, King's stories-poignant, quirky, and often quite funny-are always inspiring and entertaining.