Norm Goldman is based in Montreal, Canada. Norm is the editor of BookPleasures.com and SketchandTravel.com and also contributes as a freelancer to Bootsnall.com, TheBestReviews.com , BookReview.com, and other online publications.

Also read Norm Goldman and Lily Azerad-Goldman's "A Brush with Romance" column in Lovetripper.com.

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Travel Talk Index

Destination: Taj Mahal, India
Interview subject: John Shors, author of Beneath a Marble Sky: A Novel of the Taj Mahal, now being made into a major motion picture.

Destination: South Pacific
Interview Subject: David Stanley, author of South Pacific (Moon Handbooks) and South Pacific expert

Destination: Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Interview Subject: Dan Austin, Director of Operations for Austin Lehman Adventures

Destination: New Jersey
Interview Subject: Mary Beth Temple, Author of Touring New Jersey's Lighthouses 

Destination: Paris, France
Interview Subject: Thirza Vallois, author of the three volumes of "Around and About Paris" and "Romantic Paris"

Destination: California for Dog Lovers
Interview Subject: Maria Goodavage, author of The Dog Lover's Companion to California

Destination: Cruises
Interview Subject: Douglas Ward, author of Ocean Cruising & Cruise Ships 2005 (Berlitz Publishing, now in its 20th year)

Destination: China
Interview Subject: Shelley Jiang, editor of Let's Go China

Destination: Southeast Asia
Interview Subject: Marcia Selva, President of Global Spectrum

Destination: Italy
Interview Subject: Maria Liberati, The Basic Art of Italian Cooking