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	Richard Arghiris - website - contact - - Freelance journalist and co-author of several Latin America guidebooks, including Footprint Nicaragua; Footprint Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama; and Footprint Mexico 2009. Travel articles have featured in The Observer and The Independent. High-res pictures available for all destinations covered.
	Christopher P Baker - Christopher P Baker website - Cuba & Costa Rica blog - email - . Lowell Thomas Award "Travel Journalist of the Year 2008". Guidebooks for Dorling Kindersley, Frommer's, Lonely Planet, Moon, National Geographic, Thomas Cook, etc. Articles and pictures in 200+ publications worldwide. Specializes in Central America, Cuba and the Caribbean. Also writes on Asia, Pacific, S. America, USA, cruising, adventure travel, motorcycling, deluxe resorts, etc. Based in Palm Springs, California.
	Annie Bennett - Spain blog - email - - I specialise in writing about Spain, for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, Times, Observer and others. Books include National Geographic Traveler Madrid, and Blue Guides to Madrid and Barcelona. I have won the Spain Travel Writer of the Year and other awards.
	Claire Boobbyer - website - email Freelance writer and photographer specialising in Cuba, Guatemala, Laos and Vietnam. Assignments covered in Nepal, Morocco and Thailand. Author of several guidebooks and contributor to the Independent, Wanderlust and Time Out.
	Gary Bowerman - Silk Guides publishing - email SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE China-based regular contributor to CNN Traveller, ABTA magazine and Urbane. Co-Editor of ZAGAT Shanghai Guide and Resident Editor for Luxe Guide Shanghai. Recently contributed to New York Times, Business Traveler, Travesias, Forbes Traveler and SilkRoad. Specialist on China and Far East, business travel, Asian travel industry, airlines, hotels and luxury travel.
	Joe Cawley - Joe Cawley website - Tenerife travel website - email - - Freelance travel writer published in The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, The Times, Guardian, Observer, Independent, Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard, New York Post, Conde Nast Traveler and many others. Contributor to guidebooks, and author of More Ketchup Than Salsa (2006). Based in Tenerife, Joe owns the Tenerife information site www.mytenerifeinfo.com.
	Kate Calvert - website - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE Founder and editor of the Family Travel web site www.family-travel.co.uk, the UK's most extensive web resource on travel and holidays with children. Author of Harden's London Baby Book (2004). Freelance contributor to publications ranging from the Independent newspaper to Kidz magazine.
	Jane Cody - website - email - Freelance travel writer specialising in Croatia. Author/editor of Boat International’s Superyacht Owners’ Guide: The Best of Croatia, co-author of the Croatia Cruising Companion, and regular contributor (features, reviews and images) to Time Out’s annual Visitors Guide To Croatia and bi-annual guide book. Extensive library of own images on Croatia, several of which have been published in the titles above.
	Donna Dailey - website - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE Award-winning writer / photographer for magazines, newspapers, websites worldwide, including the Daily Mail, Times, Essentially America, Global Adventure, Holiday, Living Spain. Author of guides to Crete, Paris, Scotland, Ireland, Denver, Southwest USA. Specialist knowledge London, Spain, Greece, USA. Large photo library.
	Prodeepta Das - website - email - - I photograph and write for magazines and books. My titles include P IS FOR POLAND, I IS FOR INDIA, GEETA'S DAY, J IS FOR JAMAICA, K IS FOR KOREA, P IS FOR PAKISTAN, KAMAL GOES TO TRINIDAD and PRITA GOES TO INDIA. My images have been used by numerous publishers, newspapers and charities. I also write for Developments magazine and exhibit photography in the UK and worldwide.
	Chris Deliso - Chris Deliso website - Balkanalysis.com - email An American based in Macedonia since 2002, I am the author of Hidden Macedonia (Haus), and co-author of Lonely Planet guides to Greece, Bulgaria, Greek Islands, Western Balkans, Eastern Europe, and Europe on a Shoestring. I've written numerous travel pieces in newspapers and magazines. I direct the Balkan-interest website, www.balkanalysis.com, and participate in tourism-related projects in the region.
	Laura Dixon - website - email - Freelance travel writer specialising in travel trends, new hot destinations, adventure/activity travel and city breaks. I write for Fabulous, Closer, Sunday Times Travel Magazine, The London Paper, ASOS, Real Travel, Zest and more. I've also written and edited guidebooks for Footprint Handbooks, Itchy Media and City Life, including Footprint Reykjavik.
	Sue Dobson - email Award-winning travel writer/photographer and former editor of major magazines, specialising in eastern and western Europe, UK, Ireland and Southern Africa. Contributor to Cruise International, Nene Valley Living, Choice, ABTA Magazine, Oryx, thetraveleditor.com and guide books (AA, DK, Thomas Cook). Author of guides to Namibia and Cape Verde. Large photo library.
	Jane Egginton - Hackney Home blog - Travel blog - email - Award-winning travel writer, editor and photographer, with 20 years experience producing guides for Michelin, AA Publishing, Berlitz, Reader's Digest, DK, Cadogan, Footprint, Thomas Cook and Insight. Contributor to the Guardian, Observer, Sunday Times and World Travel Guides online. Three AA guides to Marrakech and Michelin guide to Rio published 2009. Specializing in the UK and South and Central America.
	Adele Evans - email Contributes regularly to the travel pages of national magazines, newspapers and websites, and broadcasts occasionally. Specialises in Italy and France and has written, contributed to and updated many guidebooks on these countries. Other specialities include Alpine skiing, European cities and short breaks, French and Italian food and wine, European and North African spas, and the UK.
	Teresa Fisher - email Freelance writer with a passion for Europe, food and adventure/activity holidays.
	Rebecca Ford - email SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION I have written/contributed to many travel guides for the AA and Thomas Cook, and also write for newspapers such as The Express and The Guardian. Specialise in the UK, Europe (esp. Italy), walking, wildlife, railway journeys, WW1, eco-travel, spas, gardens, guidebooks, property, audio guides and podcasts.
	Claire Frank - website - email I am an author, journalist and photographer specialising in the Caribbean island of Barbuda. Currently based in the UK, I have spent several years in Antigua/Barbuda and visit very frequently. I have contributed to several UK nationals and to various guidebooks to the Caribbean, and founded the Barbuda website. I was a winner of the 2008 Penguin Decibel prize for their new anthology on the experience of dual heritage.
	Carole French - website - email SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Travel, real estate and lifestyle journalist. BBC-trained, former UK newspaper business editor, magazine editor since 1980s, guidebook author. Articles on destinations as diverse as Cyprus, Egypt and France, plus business cities, spas, property hotspots and carnivals. Clients include ABTA magazine, Homes Overseas, b.there, BA’s Business Life and others. See also - Authors, Photographers, Editors and Broadcasters.
	Robin Gauldie - website - email Writer, photographer, broadcaster, editor. Contributor to Sunday Telegraph (annual Insider's Guide to Greece), Sunday Mirror, Scotland on Sunday, Holiday Villas, Greece magazine, Florida magazine, and many inflight/contract magazines. Monthly column on travel insurance and air ambulance issues, International Travel Insurance Journal. Numerous guidebooks. See also - Journalists and Editors pages.
	Mike Gerrard - website - email - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Writes for travel pages of The Times and for Ryanair magazine, and other newspapers and magazines in the UK and in the USA (where he has a home in Arizona). Also writes non-travel features on property, driving, food and drink and other subjects. Author of many guidebooks.
	Catherine Richards Golini - website - contact - - Based near Locarno, Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore, close to the Italian border, I am a regular contributor to a range of publications including easyJet inflight, Italy and SwissNews. I can provide high-resolution images to accompany text. I am the author of the Adventure Guide to Milan and the Italian Lakes and many short guides to cities/resorts in Italy.
	Rob Goss - website - email - - British journalist based in Tokyo, with extensive knowledge of Japan. Writing primarily about travel, culture and society in Japan for publications around the globe, including newspapers, magazines, guidebooks and websites. Recent clients include Rough Guides, Continental, The National, SCMP, Toyota UK etc. Also available to report or comment on events or breaking news across Japan.
	Geoffrey A. P. Groesbeck - website - email - Author and co-author of articles, guides and leading academic titles on Latin America, including 'Footprint Peru, Bolivia & Ecuador', 'Footprint Mexico 2009', and 'The Road Less Travelled' forthcoming from Dorling-Kindersley. Noted specialist consultant on Latin American cultural tourism, particularly the Jesuit Missions of Bolivia's Chiquitanía region (see: www.chiquitania.com). High-resolution photography to accompany text.
	Ted Jones - website - email - Freelance writer and journalist specialising in France, the arts and literature. Author of The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers (2007). Travel articles and photography in UK, US and French publications, including The Guardian, Choice, The Lady, Wanderlust, France, Living France, France Today, Writers' Journal, Writers’ News, Transitions Abroad, Yesterday and Voyageur.
	Caroline Juler - website - email - Travel and art journalist, specialist in Romania, author of National Geographic Traveler Romania, Blue Guide Romania and the travelogue Searching for Sarmizegetusa. In addition, I am a sculptor, writer of art books and reviews, and Wales correspondent for Galleries magazine.
	Terry Marsh - website - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE Specialist in France and the UK, and wide knowledge of Australia. Regular contributor to Living France; author of nearly 50 books; lectures on 'Writing about Travel'.
	Robin McKelvie - website - email - - Travel writer and photographer for over a decade, travelled to over 80 countries making 30+ trips annually. Published in 100+ global outlets including Sunday Post, Daily Mail, National Geographic, Wanderlust, BA Highlife and CNN Traveller. Written over twenty guidebooks and regular Internet writer. Specialist in Scotland, Baltic States, Croatia and Slovenia, as well as adventure, rail, luxury, city break and family travel.
	Robin Mead FRGS, FInstTT - website - email - Specialist cruising writer, contributing to regular Cruising Supplements for the Jewish Chronicle among others. Can provide photographs to illustrate all his features. Has a PhD in travel history, and spends part of the year lecturing on board cruise ships. Writes biography and travel guides, mainly on Greece, cruising, the USA, Britain and the Channel Islands, where he has a second home.
	Paul Murphy - website - email - Regular contributor to the travel pages of national magazines and newspapers, and author of over 40 travel guidebooks on many destinations for Michelin, AA, Fodors, Berlitz, Thomas Cook etc, also with editorial and project management experience. In addition I have a large picture library on many European and Mediterranean destinations, particularly holiday hotspots.
	John Oates - website - email - - Former Guardian Young Travel Writer of the Year, I have written for publications including Metro, ABTA Magazine and various in-flights, and am the author of guidebooks for Footprint and Dorling Kindersley. I consider photography to be an essential part of my work, and sell stock images both directly and through Alamy. Interested in anything offbeat or adventurous.
	Marie Peyre - email Freelance travel writer and editor based in Norway. I can cover any destination in Scandinavia and Iceland. Also extensive knowledge of London, where I lived for 15 years. I can also supply hi-res pix of all destinations I cover. Particularly interested in food and restaurants around the world. Recent clients have included, among others, Fodor's, Virgin, Frommer's, Insight Guides and Columbus Travel Guides.
	Laurence Phillips - website - email SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE Award-winning author, columnist, feature writer, Laurence Phillips' France spans Languedoc to Lille. Turns his pen and compass to many European destinations. Travel Editor, Canada Post; feature writer Sunday Times and inflight magazines.
	Carlton Reid - website - email - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE Writer, photographer, broadcaster, author of Family Cycling (Snowbooks, 2009) and award-winning editor of bikebiz.com and publisher of bicycling magazines. Specialist in cycling, but also sports and adventure travel, as well as family holidays and zoos of the world.
	Katerina Roberts - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Journalist and author working together with photographer Eric Roberts on guide books (Insight, Berlitz, Thomas Cook, AA), on-line guides (Expedia and Fastcheck), updates, pictures and articles. Specialising in Indian Ocean region (Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles, Sri Lanka). Extensive photo library. Based in Mauritius.
	Zoe Ross - Photography and media website - Editorial services website - email - Writer, editor and project manager for Thomas Cook, AA Publishing, Dorling Kindersley, Insight Guides and other guidebook publishers. Travel journalist with articles published in the Sunday Mirror and Holiday Villas Magazine, among others .
	Tristan Rutherford & Kathryn Tomasetti - website - email We've written/updated over 30 guidebooks for Time Out, Rough Guides, DK and Thomas Cook from Shanghai to Lisbon. Feature writers for Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Observer, Independent and various inflights worldwide. 300dpi Nikon DX40 photos available with copy. Mediterranean a speciality, but as we often work together we can cover almost anywhere, fast.
	Andrew Sanger - website - contact - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE Over 30 years freelancing for national newspapers, magazines and websites. Award-winner. Author of some 30 guidebooks, most translated into several languages. I'm currently also building my own travel website of one-page city and resort guides at Focus Guides. Specialities: France - Ireland - Israel - vegetarian travel - Flanders - Mediterranean resorts.
	Paul Shawcross - website - email - Freelance travel writer and photographer since 1991 specialising in France, Italy and Spain. Recent work includes updating guidebooks for Michelin, Dorling Kindersley, Time Out, Thomas Cook and others. I also write magazine articles and online guides illustrated with my own pictures.
	Navjot Singh - website - contact Based in London and Hong Kong, I am the author of guides to China for tourists and business travellers, including China: Business Travellers' Handbook (Stacey International, 2009). I have had first-hand experience of the benefits and challenges of being an expatriate in China and continue to travel in the Greater China region for business and pleasure. I also write articles on China for a variety of travel media.
	Duncan J D Smith - website - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Self-styled 'Urban Explorer', travel writer, historian and photographer. Currently writing/photographing a series of guidebooks to the hidden corners of Europe: Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Berlin, Munich and Hamburg. Commissioned articles and photo stock.
	Jon Sparks - website - email - An award-winning freelance photographer and writer specialising in travel, landscape and outdoor pursuits, especially walking, climbing and cycling. I've worked on five continents, undertaken a wide range of commissioned photography, and am the author of more than a dozen guides, including Traveller's Finland (Thomas Cook, 2nd edition 2008), and Traveller's Baltic Cruise (Thomas Cook, 2009).
	Hugh Taylor & Moira McCrossan - website - email - - Hugh Taylor is an award winning travel writer contributing to many UK and foreign publications, and a writer/producer for BBC Radio Scotland and Radio 2. He and partner Moira McCrossan are joint authors of over fifteen guide books (AA, Jarrold, Insight, Thomas Cook, Columbus), specialising in UK, especially Scotland. Other destinations: USA, Scandinavia, France, Middle East.
	Victoria Trott - website - email - - Victoria Trott is a Wales-based freelance writer and photographer who contributes to Daily Mail Weekend, Living France, Spain Magazine and www.thetraveleditor.com. She is co-author of Frommer's 'Provence & the Cote d'Azur with your Family' and has revised several Michelin Green Guides. Fluent French and conversational Spanish.
	Sue Watt - email - Freelance writer specialising in Africa, Nepal and Italy (especially Lazio). Interests include adventure travel and responsible tourism. Contributor to the Independent, Guardian Unlimited, Travel Africa magazine, Italy magazine, and co-author of Footprint Tanzania. Hi-res images regularly published to accompany articles.
	Arnie Wilson - website - email Specialist ski writer. Editor of Ski + Board since 2001. Ski writer for Financial Times for 20 years. Author of four ski books. Also general travel writer with many FT cuttings. Former contributor of ski items for Radio 4 Breakaway and Radio 5 Live.