Grew up in the New York City suburbs, in a house of 25,000 used books, graduated from Columbia College, have worked for three newspapers, and authored two books. Much of my writing is closely tied to my love of history.  I also seek to provide readers with a sense of place about where they live, work or travel. I'm an off-the-beaten track travel writer. I like backroads and forgotten places, but I also find satisfaction in writing about dynamic change in cities and suburbs. My freelance writing - since I took a buyout from the Washington Post in 2004 - has flowed naturally from these interests.

Birth Place: New York City, NY US

Accomplishments: Meyer's "Hidden Maryland" column appearing in Maryland Life magazine won the Gold Award for best column from the International Regional Magazine Association in 2007. Washington Independent Writers awarded him its top prize for reported non-fiction in 2006. Meyer's work was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and has been cited for excellence by the American Bar Association, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, and the National Association of Home Builders, among others. Received top Front Page awards from the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild for commentary in 1996 and for local news reporting for 1995 and 1999. Received several citations from Society of Professional Journalists, also from the International Regional Magazine Association for articles appearing in Chesapeake Bay Magazine. The Prince George's County, Md. Historical Society bestowed St. George's Day Award in 1999. James Thurber Journalist-in-Residence at Ohio State University in 1990-1991.

"Maryland Lost and Found...Again," published by Woodholme House (Baltimore) in May 2000 and reissued in 2003 by Tidewater Publishers, is an expanded, updated and illustrated paperback edition of "Maryland Lost and Found: People and Places from Chesapeake to Appalachia" (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986). My second book, "Chesapeake Country," was published in 1990 by Abbeville Press (New York) and is now in its fifth printing. Articles have appeared in AARP, Smithsonian, Audubon, Family Circle, National Geographic Traveler, Parents, Preservation, Chesapeake Travel & Leisure, Chesapeake Bay Magazine, Boston, Philadelphia, Washingtonian, Planning, Washington History, and other many other publications.