About Paris Permenter & John Bigley

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We're Paris Permenter and John Bigley, a husband-wife team of travel writers based in the Texas Hill Country.

Since the early 90s, we've been authoring guidebooks to Texas including:

• Day Trips from Austin
• Day Trips from San Antonio
• Texas Getaways for Two
• Insiders' Guide: San Antonio
• CitySmart Austin
• The Alamo City Guide
• Texas Barbecue (named best guidebook of the year by the Midwest Publishers Association)

We've also worked on Texas sections for many publishers for their regional guidebooks including:

• Road Guide USA (Fodor's)
• Fodor's The Southwest's Best B&Bs
• Michelin's USA West
• and more

We've appeared on TV and radio shows throughout the state and made bookstore appearance from Dallas to San Antonio.

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