Authors
Writers of guidebooks and other travel books
 

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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.
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Christopher P Baker - Christopher P Baker website - Cuba travel website - 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 photographs 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.
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Annie Bennett - 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.
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Gary Bowerman - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE
China-based regular contributor to CNN Traveller, ABTA magazine, Asia and Away, and TravelAgeWest. Co-Editor of ZAGAT Survey Shanghai Restaurants/Hotels Guide. Recently contributed to Conde Nast Traveller, Departures, Forbes.com and SilkRoad. Specialist on China and Far East, business travel, Asian travel industry, airlines, hotels and luxury travel.
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Joe Cawley - 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.
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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 and freelance contributor to publications ranging from the Independent newspaper to Kidz magazine.
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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.
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Donna Dailey - website - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE
Author of 25 travel guides for Insight Guides, Thomas Cook, AA and other major publishers, many with own photographs. Destinations include Crete, Paris, Dublin, Tunis, Scotland, Ireland, Denver, Southwest USA, Los Angeles, Athens, Costa Blanca, Malta. Edited many other titles. Also writes for magazines and newspapers.
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Prodeepta Das - website - email
I photograph and write for magazines and books. My latest book is P IS FOR POLAND. Previous titles include 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.
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Chris Deliso - website - 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.
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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.
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Sue Dobson - email
Award-winning freelance travel writer and photographer contributing to magazines, the web and guide books, including sections in Where to Go When (DK 2007), AA Guide to Western European Cities (2008) and revised Eyewitness Denmark (DK 2008). Author, with photographs, of Travellers Cape Verde and Travellers Namibia (Thomas Cook 2008). See also Journalists, Photographers and Editors pages.
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Jane Egginton - 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, The Observer, The 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.
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Adele Evans - email
Journalist, broadcaster and author of guidebooks to Italy and France for publishers including Insight, Berlitz, Thomas Cook, Dorling Kindersley and contributions to Riva Publishing’s ‘Room for Romance Italy’. Currently (2007) writing the new Spiral Guide and Twinpack Guides to Sardinia – both for AA Publishing.
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Teresa Fisher - email
10 titles in last 3 years. Recent books include Discover France, Lonely Planet France, Discovering Rome, Insight Mallorca, Explorer Mallorca, and 5 children's travel titles.
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Rebecca Ford - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE
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.
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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 created the Barbuda website. I was a winner of the 2008 Penguin Decibel prize for their new anthology on the experience of dual heritage.
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Carole French - website - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE
Author of guides for Michelin, Dorling Kindersley, AA Publishing, Time Out, Frommer’s, New Holland, Ryanair, easyJet, Bradt, Northstar and Thomas Cook on destinations as diverse as Cyprus, Greece, Thailand, Egypt, France, the Netherlands and London. A travel, real estate and lifestyle journalist and author, and magazine editor since the 1980s. Based in Cyprus. BBC-trained. See also: Journalists, Photographers, Editors, Broadcasters.
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Robin Gauldie - website - email
Writer, photographer, broadcaster, editor. Guidebooks to Greece, France, Scotland, Ireland, Sri Lanka, Goa and Kerala, Morocco, Thailand for Dorling Kindersley, Thomas Cook, Globetrotter. Most recent books: Globetrotter Peru (2006), Thomas Cook Travellers Estonia (2006). Contributor to Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Scotland-on-Sunday and many other publications: see Journalists and Editors pages.
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Mike Gerrard - website - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE
Guidebooks to numerous destinations worldwide (see Specialities) for publishers including the AA, Dorling Kindersley, Insight, Berlitz, New Holland, Thomas Cook, Michelin and Moon Metro Guides.
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Catherine Richards Golini - website - contact
Based near Locarno, Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore, close to the Italian border, I am the author of The Adventure Guide to Milan and the Italian Lakes (Hunter Publishing) and many short guides to cities/resorts in Italy. I am a regular contributor to a range of publications including easyJet inflight, Italy and SwissNews. I provide high-resolution images to accompany my text.
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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.
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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. 
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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. 
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Tim Locke - website - email
Guidebook author and editor for over 20 years, encyclopaedic knowledge of England and Wales. Has worked for AA, Thomas Cook, Reader's Digest and Cadogan. Recent projects include heritage trails for Tourism South-East (with National Trust and English Heritage), Good Pub Guide, Frommers, AA Leisure Guide to the South Downs and Coast, articles for Weekends Away and Voyager, and sustainable tourism consultancy.
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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'.
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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.
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Paul Murphy - website - email
Author of over 40 travel guidebooks on many destinations for Michelin, AA, Fodors, Berlitz, Thomas Cook etc, also with editorial and project management experience, and a regular contributor to the travel pages of national magazines and newspapers. In addition I have a large picture library on many European and Mediterranean destinations, particularly holiday hotspots.
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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, Globe Pequot, Sherman's Travel and Columbus Travel Guides.
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Laurence Phillips - website - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE
Award-winning author and storyteller, specialising in regional France, the offbeat, romantic and unexpected. Paris restaurant reviews, AA guides, twice winner Guidebook of the Year (for Bradt Guides: Lille, Paris & Brussels).
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Neil Ray - website - email
Freelance travel writer, editor & photographer based in Bangkok, Thailand. Editor in Chief of “Look East On Line”. Author of guides to Switzerland (Berlitz), Thailand (Landmark), and Phuket (Landmark), as well as recent (2007) updates (Michelin), online guides and magazine features. Also written for numerous UK, Thai and other publications. See also Journalists, Photographers and Editors pages.
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Carlton Reid - website - email
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.
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Katerina Roberts - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE
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.
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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 .
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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.
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Andrew Sanger - website - contact - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE
More than 30 titles, most translated or in foreign editions, on Israel, France (and French regions), Ireland, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Brussels, and vegetarian travel. In addition, I have extensive experience as a series editor, project editor and editorial consultant. I'm also a novelist - click for my latest title, The J-Word.
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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.
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Navjot Singh - email
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.
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Duncan J D Smith - website - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE
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.
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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).
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Hugh Taylor - website - email
Award winning travel writer contributing to many UK and foreign publications. Author of over fifteen guide books (AA, Jarrold, Insight, Thomas Cook, Columbus), specialising in UK, especially Scotland. Other destinations: USA, Scandinavia, France, Middle East. Also radio writer/producer for BBC (Radio Scotland, Radio 2).
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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.
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Sunil Vaidyanathan - website - email
Mumbai-based photojournalist and writer specialising in people, cultures and travel. My work has regularly appeared in travel magazines and newspapers. Author of five well-reviewed books - the fifth, ‘Pilgrimage Places in India’, was released at the 2006 Frankfurt Book Fair. Currently working on a photo essay exploring the symbiosis between the rivers of India and communities that live along it.
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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.
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