Mark Johanson

Introduction

Mark Johanson is an American journalist who's lived in Santiago, Chile, for more than a decade. His stories about travel, adventure, food, design and the environment have appeared in numerous magazines (Travel + Leisure, TIME, Robb Report, Food & Wine, Outside, Dwell, Newsweek), newspapers (The Guardian, Sunday Times, FT, Chicago Tribune), digital publications (Punch, Narratively, Atlas Obscura), inflights (Hemispheres, Qantas) and global news outlets (National Geographic, Bloomberg, CNN, BBC). He has co-authored more than two-dozen Lonely Planet travel guides and coffee table books, as well as several Fodor's guides and NatGeo coffee table books.

Experience

In addition to his writing, Mark has worked as a presenter for Lonely Planet's video channel and been featured as an authority on travel writing in podcasts and books.

Selected publications

Mark's first literary work, Mars on Earth, was published in 2024 by Rocky Mountain Books. The photo-rich hardcover follows a 1,200-mile odyssey into the heart of the world's driest non-polar desert ― the Atacama.

Mark has also co-authored Lonely Planet guides to Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Panama, Peru, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, the U.S. and the Virgin Islands. He has co-authored Fodor's guides to Chile and Peru, and National Geographic coffee table books like the Traveler's Atlas of the World.

Education

Mark has a BA in Media Arts and Design from James Madison University.

Awards

Mars on Earth was listed among the best travel books of 2024 by both National Geographic and Geographical Magazine.