Zoey Goto

Zoey Goto

AFAR Contributor

Zoey Goto is a multi-award-winning writer covering travel, design, kitsch, pop culture and all things Americana. Favorite assignments include reporting from Elvis Presley’s teenage bedroom in Memphis, sleeping on Dolly Parton’s tour bus and interviewing Priscilla Presley about life at Graceland.

A regular contributor to National Geographic Traveler, Zoey also writes for Vogue USA, Rolling Stone, Architectural Digest, The L.A. Times, BBC Travel, and Esquire. She’s also the author of books including Elvis Style and Elvis Style: From Zoot Suits to Jumpsuits, exploring the King’s lasting influence on modern style, and co-author of Route 66: A Tribute to an American Icon, published in 2026 to mark the road’s centennial.

Zoey loves nothing more than hitting the open road on a great American road trip. She can often be found cruising along Route 66, hunting down stylish motel revivals, or spotting the latest muffler man statue by the roadside.

MORE RECENT ARTICLES