Before dedicating himself to guidebooks, Wayne earned a Ph.D. in geography at the University of California, Berkeley, but abandoned academia for a nearly perpetual Latin American road trip. He is the author of Moon Handbooks to Buenos Aires, Guatemala, Chile, Argentina, and Patagonia.

Wayne has contributed to magazines and newspapers, including the San Francisco Chronicle, Trips, the American Geographical Society’s Focus, National Geographic Traveler, Business Traveler, Latin Trade, and Travel Holiday. He often gives slide lectures on destinations he covers in his books.

In the course of authoring the new edition of Moon Buenos Aires, Wayne also made his cinematic debut in director Diego Curubeto’s Meat on Meat, as Roman Polanski’s London producer in a telephone argument with Argentine exploitation filmmaker Armando Bó (listen for Wayne’s Polish-exile-in-London accent before he slams the receiver on Bó!).

When not in South America, he resides in Oakland, California with his wife María Laura Massolo, their daughter Clio Bernhardson-Massolo, and their Japanese Akita, Sandro (named for a contemporary Argentine pop singer). Wayne can be reached by email at southerncone@mac.com. Visit his blog at www.southernconetravel.com.

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