Jason Cochran is the author of the history travelogue Here Lies America. He was twice awarded "Guide Book of the Year" by the Lowell Thomas Awards (Society of American Travel Writers) and once by the North American Travel Journalists Association for his books on London and Orlando. His voice has reached millions of travelers, from the mid-'90s, when as a long-term backpacker he wrote one of the world's first travel blogs, to his appearances as a commentator on CBS and for AOL, to his work at Frommers.com, which under his editorship won Silver for Travel Journalism Website in the 2021 Lowell Thomas Awards.