About the Author
Greg Niemann is a life-long Baja buff who has been traveling and camping all over the Baja California peninsula for over fifty years. He has shared his expertise and enthusiasm in stories, articles, and books, most recently Baja Legends: The Historic Characters, Events, and Locations That Put Baja California on the Map.
Niemann has been a newspaper columnist for several publications, including twelve years with the Baja Times, where he wrote a series on the Baja missions. He is currently on the staff of the San Clemente Journal, writing short features as well as his “Baja Beat” column. A former president of both the Los Angeles and Orange County chapters of the International Association of Business Communicators, he has also served on the board of the Outdoor Writers Association of California. His articles on fishing, traveling, and off-road racing in Baja have been published by Baja Life, The Baja Sun, Discover Baja, The Baja Traveler and many other publications.
While promoting his first book, the popular travel memoir Baja Fever, in Baja California, Niemann began looking into the history and lore of his favorite vacation and fishing spots, which led to more questions than answers. The result of his curiosity was the more than five years he spent researching and then writing Baja Legends.
Now retired from a long career with United Parcel Service, Niemann enjoys traveling, photography, and participating in fishing tournaments, but he continues to give lectures, slide shows, and write about his adventures in Baja. He and his wife divide their time between Palm Springs and San Clemente, California, and Cantamar, Baja California, Mexico.
