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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.
	Judith Baker - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE An experienced travel writer and journalist. Former Editor in Chief of Caribbean World magazine, now contributing freelance articles to The Sunday Telegraph, Square Mile magazine, Real Travel, Selling Long Haul and in-flight magazines. Specializes in Caribbean, Africa and other long haul destinations.
	Marie Barbieri - website - email - I am a British freelance writer and photographer living in Australia. I have written for Silverkris and Jetstar in-flight magazines, Wanderlust, Australia & New Zealand, Italia!, The Italian, Italy, Greece, To Portugal, Devon Life, My Weekly, Great Walks, Bicycling Australia, Fitness First and Arrivals + Departures. I can provide words and pictures on Italian, Greek, French, UK, USA, Australian and New Zealand destinations.
	Catherine Beattie - publishing website - spa website - email - I've been writing about spas, health and travel for over 20 years, as a staff writer /editor and as a freelancer. I provide content for consumer travel websites, am contributing editor to Worldwide Spa Review and also write for Spa World, Journeys and Boutique 1. In addition, I am an independent book publisher, Discovery Books.
	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.
	Alice Bianchi-Clark - email Freelance travel writer, especially for the Mail on Sunday. Special interest in film and art inspired destination features, and in countries where I have lived or worked, such as Italy, France and China.
	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.
	Barbara Bothwell - email I'm a freelance writer and photographer covering a wide range of subjects and destinations from cruises to well-known cities, especially in the UK and USA. A long-time resident of Florida, and a frequent visitor, I am now based in the UK, south of London. Regular contributor to magazines including Mature Living and Open Skies.
	Gary Bowerman - Business Travel blog - 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.
	Marion Bull - website - email London freelance writer/photographer specialising in solo independent wilderness travel in Africa and the Middle East, and exotic small islands worldwide. Published in Mail on Sunday, Independent, Sunday Times, Observer, Guardian, magazines worldwide, books. In-depth knowledge of Dorset (UK), Cevennes (France), Algerian Sahara, Turkey. Broadcast on N African TV. Multi-lingual. Creative image library on Alamy.com.
	Tristan Cano - website - email - Freelance journalist living and working in Gibraltar and southern Spain. A Gibraltar native, I write and broadcast frequently on worldwide travel for Gibraltar's local media, travel websites and occasionally for UK publications. My first guidebook, Historic Walking Guides: Gibraltar, was published by Destinworld in December 2009.
	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.
	Jacqui Currie - website - email A freelance travel writer since 2003, I have written for Home Plus Scotland, Passport and others. I write about (and also design) worldwide luxury holidays. Some recent destinations: Western US and Canada, Cuba, Morocco, Turkey, South Africa, India and European cities. Photographs available to accompany articles.
	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.
	Lucy Daltroff - email - Long standing freelance journalist writing for the Sunday Times and the Guardian. Travel writer with published articles on destinations worldwide, including Venezuela, Cyprus, Burma and Bahamas. Regular column in the Jewish News. Lecturer in travel journalism.
	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.
	Phil Davies - website - email - - A journalist for 30 years working on both weekly and daily newspapers and online news, I have experience in editing customer and staff magazines. Working as a freelance for Travel Weekly, I also provide media training, assist companies in preparing strategies, PR plans, reports, newsletters, internal communications, customer magazines and internal journals. For further details see www.travjournalist.com.
	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.
	Sally Dowling - website - email - Freelance travel writer, regular contributor to Take A Break and associated titles. Winner Visit USA Travel Media Award 2006. See website for full list of work.
	Siri Elise Dybdal and Neil Davey - website - email - Freelance writer Siri Elise Dybdal and award-winning travel photographer Neil Davey work as a team specialising in language learning holidays, adventure, wildlife, culture/music, city breaks, culinary, Norway, Scotland and Central-America. Large photo library. Featured in numerous UK and foreign lifestyle/travel magazines, newspapers, trade publications and guidebooks. Bilingual (English/Norwegian).
	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.
	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.
	Duncan Forgan - email - Edinburgh-based news and features journalist. In the last 12 months, had travel articles on destinations including Morocco, the Highlands, Cornwall and India published in a range of papers including the Sunday Times, the Scotsman and the Edinburgh Evening News.
	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 - Authors 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 writer 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 publications include Time, Rough Guides, The National, SCMP, Continental, Oryx, Open Skies, and several other in-flights. Also available to report on events or breaking news across Japan.
	Olivia Greenway - website - email - - Freelance food and travel journalist based near London with special interest in luxury holidays, holidays for active older travellers and unusual, quirky trips. Have written for Mail on Sunday, Foodtripper, World Travel Guide and the Travel Editor. Visit India regularly - at least three times a year. Keen photographer.
	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.
	Samantha Guerrini - email - Freelance writer, specialising in culture, cuisine, history and art, predominantly in Italy. Has published many features for various magazines, including Time Out, CNN Traveller and Summit. Involved in managing magazine projects. Fluent in French and Italian.
	Solange Hando - email SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Freelance travel journalist/photographer covering city breaks, soft adventure, over-50s and family holidays. Specialises in France and Europe, Tunisia, Indian subcontinent (including Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan). Contributor to Holiday Villas, Holiday Cottages, Discover Sri Lanka, Trailfinders, BBC History, women's magazines (travel), inflight and francophile publications. Member of BGTW, CIoJ, WPu.
	Nick Haslam - website - email I write travel, general features and book reviews for the Observer, Country Life, Skyward (JAL inflight) Times Online and Telegraph supplements. Specialities include Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific, Northern India, West Africa and Europe. I broadcast for BBC Radio 4 and World Service. Large collection of photographs on Alamy.com and Eye Ubiquitous from all parts of the world. Based in Cornwall and Brussels.
	Linda Jackson - website - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Based in S.E. England within easy reach of central London, freelance travel writer and photographer Linda Jackson covers a wide range of topics and destinations. Linda has lived and worked in Barbados, Belgium, Dubai, France and Morocco and writes for numerous lifestyle titles, national press, on-line, in-flight, and golf publications. Member of the British Guild of Travel Writers and the Golf Travel Writers Association.
	Wayne Johnson - website - email Work published across different media on various subjects, primarily about travel, especially heritage, wildlife and adventure travel, but also including sport, food and weddings. I specialise in South-East Asia and Europe. Several features for Malaysia Star and inflight magazines of Singapore Airways and Emirates. Photographs always available 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.
	Abigail King - website - blog - contact - - Abigail King specializes in travel writing and travel photography for both print and online publications and medical writing for academic journals. Her travel features have been published in France Today, easyJet Traveller, Desert Leaf and more...
	Sarah Lee - website - email - - Managing editor of RCI Holiday and Ventures magazines until summer 2008. My freelance work since then includes RCI Ventures, Owners Perspectives and aviation industry e-newsletter High Flyers. In addition to writing destination features (with accompanying digital photography), I am experienced in B2B travel journalism and corporate communications, and I have several years experience of professional editing.
	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.
	Caroline Mills - website - email - Short snappy snippets, monthly columns, complete photo-journalist features and travel books - I do them all, with work published in Practical Motorhome, France Magazine, The Times, Brit'Mag, Great British Food & French Magazine among others. Author/photographer of 'Cool Caravanning', co-author of 'Go Slow: Yorkshire Dales & Moors' and contributor to '1001 Escapes'. Extensive picture library.
	Andy Mossack - website - email - The world is a big place and I am making a concerted effort to get to see most of it! I broadcast for BBC Leeds in my ‘where in the world am I' series, and contribute regularly to guide books, national and regional press, magazines and online media including The Daily Express, TNT Magazine, Monarch Airlines, Qatar Airlines, The Jewish Chronicle, thetraveleditor.com, theculinaryguide.co.uk, and simonseeks.com.
	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.
	Mari Nicholson - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Award-winning writer. Specialist knowledge of Thailand, S.E. England, Australia, Italy, Jordan, Madeira, N.Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Chicago, New Orleans, California, Cargo-ship travel and War Grave sites. Articles/Photos in national newspapers, magazines and inflight journals.
	Kate Nivison - website - email - Freelance travel writer and copywriter for 20 years. Photos supplied. Destination and travel-related features (regional products, wildlife, conservation issues, local customs) supplied to dailies, regionals, foreign in-flights, consumer magazines, Suite101.com, and for worldwide syndication. Frequent Africa traveller and ‘Africa watcher’. Other specialities: cruises, France, Italy, Western European cities, Mediterranean islands.
	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.
	Helen Ochyra - website - email - - I am a London-based freelance travel journalist, working mostly with the Guardian, the Observer and Time Out among a wide range of other titles and websites. My specialist areas are the UK, California and Australia, but I write about destinations all around the world. I also work as a travel editor for Rough Guides.
	Rachael Pettus - email I have written about and photographed extensive travels over the last fifteen years, most recently contributing to Rotana magazine (in Abu Dhabi), Travel News Europe (in Cyprus) and Apollo Executive Review (Cyprus Airways). Based in Cyprus.
	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 40 guidebooks for Time Out, National Geographic and Thomas Cook from Shanghai to Lisbon. Feature writers for Sunday Times Travel Magazine, The Guardian and various inflights worldwide. Have a stock of 300dpi photos which have been used by The Independent, DK and Time Out. Mediterranean a speciality, but as we often work together we can cover almost anywhere, fast.
	Roger St. Pierre - website - email - Writer and broadcaster. Have visited 125 countries on five continents (and all but one US states). Freelance editor of both Holiday & Leisure World and De Vere Magazine. Specialities: motoring, worldwide cruising, river boating, cycling, gourmet travel, food & drink, culture, battlefield tourism, short breaks worldwide, North America, and all of Europe, including UK and Ireland.
	Andrew Sanger - website - contact - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE Over 30 years freelancing for UK nationals, magazines and websites, always on travel. Won several awards. Edited French Railways customer magazine for 10 years. Author of more than 30 guidebooks, most translated into several languages. Building 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.
	Cathy Smith - website - email - Recent awards: Best London Article; Canada Travel Awards Best Consumer Travel Writer (Finalist); Naples International Journalism Award. Writer/photographer for UK nationals, regionals and magazines, in-flight magazines and overseas press. Author of "How to Write and Sell Travel Articles". Knows Canada and Italy very well.
	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.
	Nicola Smith - email - A freelance journalist with travel features published in The Times, Sainsbury's magazine and World (New Zealand). Regular contributor to Cornwall Today, Coast magazine, Healthy, The Sunday Times and the Independent, and editor of two graduate recruitment titles.
	Peter Sommer - travelwriting website - tours & cruises website - email Archaeologist, journalist, filmmaker, tour leader and Turkey specialist. Subjects: from travel to history, farming to documentaries. Publishers and publications written for include The Times, The Guardian, Brisbane Sunday Mail, South China Morning Post, National Geographic, Current World Archaeology, Abroad, Emerging Turkey, The Travel Magazine, Countryman. 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.
	Gillian Thornton - email SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Specialises in France and England, and city breaks, activity holidays, family destinations, self-catering, and over-50s throughout Europe. Regular contributor to Living France, Holiday Villas, Holiday Cottages, Quicksilver, My Weekly, and Travel Magazine. Runner-up ABTOF Best French Travel Article 2004. Takes pictures to accompany own articles.
	Ron Toft - email SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Freelance journalist and photographer of more than 40 years' experience specialising in wildlife, ecotourism and other nature-oriented features for dozens of publications internationally. Editor of the It's A Wild World pages on TheTravelEditor.com website.
	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.
	Tina Walsh - website - email - - Freelance journalist and travel writer with 15 years' experience. I write for Time magazine, Daily Mail, The Times, Daily Express, The Spectator, Dorling Kindersley (Eyewitness Guide series), Sunday Mirror and many more, including in-flight and contract publications. Specialist knowledge of Istanbul, London and Yorkshire. Fluent in German with a smattering of Turkish.
	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.
	Antonia Windsor - website - email - An experienced freelance travel writer working mainly for the Guardian and Observer but contributing to a wide range of other UK nationals, magazines and travel websites. Covering a large number of long-haul and short-haul destinations, specialising in independent travel, literary travel, adventure/active holidays, as well as hotel, spa and restaurant reviews.