Rick Antonson @inkroadsRick, is the author, most recently, of "Full Moon Over Noah’s Ark" An Odyssey to Mount Ararat and Beyond" (2016) which the American Library Journal called, “this tasty, spicy feast of a book.” He is also the author of "Route 66 Still Kicks; Driving America's Main Street" (2012) which The New York Times noted as "One of the best books of the bunch" in their Christmas travel book roundup, and "To Timbuktu for a Haircut; A Journey Through West Africa" (2013) which the Chicago Tribune designated a "travel classic." The former CEO of Tourism Vancouver, Rick served as chair of the Destination Marketing Association International (based in Washington, DC) and deputy chair of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (based in Bangkok, Thailand), an Ambassador for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, and president of Pacific Coast Public Television.