Frommer's Texas

David Baird is a writer, editor, and translator based in Austin, Texas. He was born and bred in Houston, though he spent part of his childhood in Morelia, Mexico. He has contributed to several works about Texas and Mexico, including Frommer's Mexico.

Eric Peterson lives in Denver, Colorado, and writes about all sorts of subjects, including but not limited to travel, business, politics, music, and environmental issues. He is the author of several Frommer's guides and Ramble California (Fulcrum Books, 2009). Peterson's byline has recently appeared in such publications as the New York Daily News, High Country News, Forbes Life MountainTime, and ColoradoBiz.

Neil E. Schlecht was reared in North Dallas. He attended Plano Senior High School, returned for graduate school at UT-Austin, and married a Texan. Now living in northwestern Connecticut, he is the author and co-author of more than a dozen travel guides, including Frommer's Peru, Spain For Dummies, and Frommer's Cuba. His Texas heroes are Lance Armstrong, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Jimmie Dale Gilmore.