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'''James Wysong''' is an American author who worked as a [[flight attendant]] with for a major air carrier for almost 18 years, and wrote about air travel under the pen name '''A. Frank Steward'''.<ref name="ClarkReview"/><ref name="KeelerReview"/> He is a travel columnist for [[MSNBC]].<ref name="NBC">{{cite news |title=James Wysong, travel columnist |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/10913368/ns/travel/t/james-wysong/#.W-HwdidRfUI |accessdate=6 November 2018 |publisher=MSNBC}}</ref>▼
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▲'''James Wysong''' is an American author who worked as a [[flight attendant]] with for a major air carrier for almost 18 years, and wrote about air travel under the pen name '''A. Frank Steward'''.<ref name="ClarkReview"/><ref name="KeelerReview"/> He is a travel columnist for [[MSNBC]].<ref name="NBC">{{cite news |title=James Wysong, travel columnist |url=
The [[New York Times]] described Wysong's pen name as "wryly chosen."<ref name="ElliottGround">{{cite news |last1=Elliott |first1=Chris |title=Looking for Friendly Skies? Stay on the Ground |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/23/business/looking-for-friendly-skies-stay-on-the-ground.html |accessdate=6 November 2018 |work=New York Times |date=23 August 2005}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Wysong was raised in [[Ojai, California]], the youngest of three children. In 1984 he joined the Army as a trumpet player based in Germany. The band toured Europe, “playing everything from nightclubs to opening ceremonies, but 75% of our performances were at German beer festivals.”{{
In 1987 he left the military and went to college in California. Fluent in the German language, Wysong joined [[Pan American Airlines]] in 1989. He was based in London, England, where he met his wife, Antonia, who is also employed by the airlines, starting as a flight attendant and later as a pilot. Wysong completed his degree in computer science from [[Thames Valley University]] in England. After Pan Am went out of business, he
==Writing career==
Wysong aka A. Frank Steward continues to fly and write about his experiences in-flight. He has a weekly column at Tripso.com and [MSNBC.com]. He has flown over 6 million miles, encountered over half a million passengers, endured over 1,000 different delays and cancellations, argued with over 500 frequent flyers, and has flown to approximately 100 countries.{{
His hobbies include [[people watching]], traveling, writing, chess, running, and lucid dreaming. He has completed a novel and a screenplay about a young man's adventures through lucid dreaming titled ''Dream Weaver'', and is currently writing another novel/screenplay titled ''Shady Acres''.{{
Authors who influenced him in his budding writing career include [[Jack London]] and [[Robert Fulghum]], who taught him that “you have to live life in order to write about life.” His favorite quote is from Jack London: “I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”{{
According to [[USA Today]] and [[The Globe and Mail]], Wysong's first book, ''The Air Traveler's Survival Guide,'' was not widely reviewed because it was published in September 2001 when news media focused on the 9/11 attacks to the exclusion of other types of coverage.<ref name="ClarkReview"/><ref name="McArthurReview">{{cite news |last1=McArthur |first1=Douglas |title=Will that be chicken, beef or possum? (book review) |publisher=Globe and Mail |date=30 January 2002|id={{ProQuest|384254512}} }}</ref>
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==External links==
* [http://www.tripso.com/columnists/wysong/ Column archive at Tripso.com]
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* [http://impactpublications.com Impact Publications' official site]
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