Bill Graves is a travel writer known for covering the Western United States in his motorhome. His column, America’s Outback, appeared monthly in Trailer Life Magazine, and his work was featured in The Chicago Tribune, The San Diego Union, Long Beach Press-Telegram, and various travel and lifestyle magazines. Before his writing career, Graves spent a decade in Hollywood as a military technical advisor on films such as The Winds of War and An Officer and a Gentleman. A retired Navy captain, he served as a public affairs officer for twenty-four years, including two tours in Vietnam between 1965 and 1969. A Minnesota native and graduate of the University of Minnesota, Graves resides in Palos Verdes, California, when not on the road. He has two grown children living in Southern California.