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Written by longtime residents who are also savvy travel writers, the book targets not only tourists looking for a budget-minded travel guide but also District residents who are eager to discover D.C.’s secret deals. In October 2009, Washington D.C. ranked as the tenth most expensive city in America according to Forbes making it even more important to find good deals. About the Author Tom and Susan Crites Price have lived in and written about Washington for more than two decades, Tom focusing on government, politics, business, technology, and education, and Susan on philanthropy and topics of importance to women and families. They coauthored the award-winning Working Parents Help Book: Practical Advice for Dealing with the Day-to-Day Challenges of Kids and Careers, which was featured by “Today,” “Oprah,” and in other broadcast and print media. They coauthored Frommer’s Irreverent Guide to Washington, D.C., and Tom wrote Washington, D.C., For Dummies. Tom also wrote, with former U.S. House representative and ambassador Tony Hall, Changing the Face of Hunger: How Liberals, Conservatives, Democrats, Republicans and People of Faith Are Joining Forces to Help the Hungry, the Poor and the Oppressed. Susan is author of The Giving Family: Raising Our Children to Help Others. Before becoming a full-time freelancer, Tom was a correspondent at the Cox Newspapers Washington Bureau. Susan still holds a day job, as vice president of the National Center for Family Philanthropy.