Racing in the Street

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, June Skinner Sawyers has written extensively about music, travel, history, and popular culture. She contributes regularly to the Chicago Tribune and the San Francisco Chronicle and is an adjunct lecturer at the Newberry Library in Chicago. She is the author of numerous books, including Celtic Music: A Complete Guide, and has edited several literary anthologies, including Dreams of Elsewhere: The Selected Travel Writings of Robert Louis Stevenson; The Greenwich Village Reader; and The Road North: 300 Years of Classic Scottish Travel Writing. She lives in Chicago.