A vegetarian for over 20 years, John Howley visited numerous vegetarian eateries and natural food stores during his extensive travels throughout the US. He has authored two previous travel guides.
John Howley was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Atlantic City. For a few years he lived and worked part time in the hotel that his mother operated. He also spent some time working in some restaurants. He studied to be an accountant at Drexel and Rutgers Universities. He became a member of ISKCON to study the Vedic scriptures and became a pure vegetarian. He has been a vegetarian for over 20 years and has visited many vegetarian restaurants and natural food store during his extensive travel around the US.