Carla King is an adventure travel author, journalist, blogger, speaker, and writing and publishing coach.

In 1995, Carla pioneered the art of the internet travelogue (now called blogs) with stories about breakdowns in small towns all around the USA from the saddle of a Russian Ural sidecar motorcycle. Other trips on unreliable indigenous motorcycles took her to India, China, Europe, Baja, and Morocco.

A former technical writer, Carla self-published her first book in 1994 and, in 2007, at the cutting edge of self-publishing, vowed to follow the industry. She became an industry watchdog, pundit, lecturer, workshop leader, and how-to book author. Her Self-Publishing Boot Camp Guide for Independent Authors is now in its 5th edition, and she runs online courses under the same brand. Destination Published is her author coaching service and Author Friendly is her podcast. She also runs post-covid Virtual Travel Writing Group.

Carla speaks widely about writing and publishing in the adventure travel and literary worlds, at events like Overland Expo and the San Francisco Writer’s Conference.