Doug Kirby

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Douglas Kirby
BornDouglas John Kirby
(1957-10-19) October 19, 1957 (age 67)
New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRowan University
GenreNon-fiction
SubjectTravel

Douglas John Kirby is the co-author of the Roadside America series of travel books,[1] and its associated website.[2] The series has been reviewed by The Village Voice and Car and Driver, and was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Kirby appears in the documentary In a Nutshell: A Portrait of Elizabeth Tashjian. He graduated from Rowan University in 1979.

  1. ^ Webb, Dewey (20 April 1994). "TOUR DE FARCE: THE AUTHORS OF AMERICA'S QUIRKIEST GUIDEBOOK PUT PHOENIX ON THE MAP". Phoenix New Times. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
    - Fuchs, Marek (23 June 2006). "In Search of Giants". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
  2. ^ "About Roadside America". Roadside America. Retrieved 30 March 2018. Road trip know-it-alls Doug Kirby, Ken Smith and Mike Wilkins introduced readers to the world of offbeat tourist attractions with their books, Roadside America and New Roadside America. On the web since 1994 (RoadsideAmerica.com launched in 1996), and with a companion iPhone application since 2010, they're accompanied by an eager horde of tipsters shoving little pushpins of peculiarity into the landscape.