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	Marie Barbieri - website - email - British travel writer and photographer living in Australia. Contributed to: Jetstar, Islands, Paradise, Going Places and Yeahbaby in-flight magazines, Wanderlust, Australia & New Zealand, Italia!, Luxury Travel & Style, Holidays for Couples, Arrivals+Departures, Great Walks and Stamford Life (Stamford Hotels’ guest magazine). Provides words and pictures on Australian, New Zealand, Italian and Greek island destinations.
	Alasdair Baverstock - website - email - - Madrid-based British freelance photographer and feature writer whose travel images have been published in NineMSN Travel, InMadrid Magazine and others, and whose writing has appeared in the Sunday Times Travel Magazine. Contributor to the blog Best Spain Travels. Specialising in Spanish culture, backpacking and adventure tourism, I can provide words as well as pictures.
	Claire Boobbyer - website - email - - Freelance writer and photographer specialising in Cuba, Guatemala, Laos and Vietnam. Contributor to many UK publications. Her photography has appeared in nine Cuba guides and she has contributed images of Morocco, Vietnam and Laos to other guidebooks. Her photographs of Vietnam and Nepal have appeared in Wanderlust and Time Out magazines. She has exhibited Cuban propaganda photographs in London.
	Marion Bull - website - email London freelance writer/photographer specialising in solo independent wilderness travel in Africa, the Middle East, and exotic small islands. 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 and Radio 4 Excess Baggage. Multi-lingual. Creative image library on Alamy.com.
	Jamie Carter - website - email - - I've been Real Travel magazine's 'travel gadget man' for the past few years, but write destination and other travel features too, for example on Kyoto, Japan; finding the relics of the British Empire; and 'Daysacking: How To Pack Light'. I also take high-quality travel photographs. I consider myself an expert on travel in Japan, India, SE Asia – and on how to go around the world with a small bag!
	David Cawley - website - contact form - - Freelance travel writer and photographer in print and online; radio broadcaster; blogger. Specialities include UK and European destinations, culture and history, rail travel, inland waterways and soft adventure. Currently working on a series of UK city guide books for Thomas Cook.
	Jane Cody - website - email - Freelance travel writer and photographer 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.
	Donna Dailey - website - email - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE Award-winning travel writer / photographer. Large photo library. Pictures published in CNN Traveller, Wanderlust, Global Adventure, Classic Travel, and many other magazines, newspapers and websites worldwide, and in travel guides. Author of guidebooks to Crete, Paris, Scotland, Ireland, Denver, Southwest USA. Specialist knowledge London, Spain, Greece, USA.
	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 - contact I am an American travel writer living in Europe, covering Greece, the Balkans and Turkey since 2000, resulting in a stock of over 8,000 unique and original images taken in the region and elsewhere in Europe. My photos have appeared in Lonely Planet guidebooks, for travel magazines and newspapers like Hidden Europe and the St Petersburg Times, online with the BBC, Forbes.com, Balkantravellers.com and numerous other websites.
	Sue Dobson - email Award-winning travel writer, editor and photographer. Large photo library of destinations worldwide. Pictures published in many magazines and newspapers. A lifetime of travelling, combined with editing magazines from mass market to niche titles. Contributor to ABTA Magazine, World of Cruising, Choice, European CEO, Nene Valley Living, arrivalguides.com and guidebooks. Author of guides to Cape Verde and Namibia.
	Marc Dubin - email - Marc has been photographing the Mediterranean, especially Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and the Pyrenees, for nearly 30 years. His images have appeared in travel guides published by DK, Rough Guides, Lonely Planet and Insight Guides, as well as Outside Magazine, Islands Magazine and The Times. He has a large slide archive and digital archive. His work is represented by the libraries Latitudes (UK) and IML (Athens). See also: Authors, Journalists.
	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. 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.
	Rebecca Ford - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Photographs for travel guides and newspapers. Specialise in the UK, Europe (esp. Italy), walking, wildlife, railway journeys, WW1, eco-travel, spas and gardens. I have also written (and contributed to) many travel guides for the AA and Thomas Cook, and work for for newspapers such as The Express and The Guardian and audio guides and podcasts.
	Claire Frank - website - email I am an author, journalist and photographer specialising in the Caribbean island of Barbuda, with many high-quality photos of the island. 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 guidebooks on the Caribbean, and created the Barbuda website.
	Carole French - website - email - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Pictures to accompany text. Image library available. Published pictures include landscapes, people and places, especially in the UK, Cyprus, Egypt, Turkey, Thailand and Dubai. I'm a travel, real estate and lifestyle journalist, magazine editor and author of travel guides for Michelin, Dorling Kindersley, AA Publishing, Thomas Cook, Bradt, National Geographic, Frommer’s, Northstar and Time Out.
	Robin Gauldie - email Words and pictures for Sunday Telegraph (annual Greece guide), Sunday Mirror, Scotland on Sunday, Holiday Villas, Greece magazine, Florida magazine, International Travel Insurance Journal, and many inflight, contract and other publications, as well as numerous guidebooks. Specialist areas: Greece, Scotland, S. France, N. Spain, SE Asia. See also - Authors, Journalists and Editors pages.
	Mike Gerrard - website - email - - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Takes digital photos to accompany articles and guidebooks, and also has a good slide library from his specialist destinations in the UK and Europe, USA and the Caribbean. Contributor to numerous newspapers, magazines and websites in the UK and 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.
	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 have a large collection of photographs on Alamy.com and Eye Ubiquitous from all parts of the world. 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 (FOOC) and World Service.
	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.
	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...
	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.
	Sarah Lee - website - blog - Maia Communications - email - - I have a large selection of engaging, 300dpi, RAW digital images of people, landmarks and landscapes from around the world, taken to accompany my travel features. Experienced launch/managing editor, journalist and photographer covering luxury travel, cruises and destinations worldwide for consumer and B2B titles. Timeshare/fractional expert. Working on travel and lifestyle magazine LiveShareTravel.com.
	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, visited over 80 countries, 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.
	Caroline Mills - website - email - Short snappy snippets, monthly columns, photo-journalist features, travel books - I do them all. Published in Practical Motorhome, France Magazine, The Times, Brit'Mag, Great British Food, French Magazine and others. Author/photographer of 'Cool Caravanning' (New Holland), 'The Camping Pocket Bible' (Crimson) and 'Slow Cotswolds' (Bradt), co-author of 'Slow North Yorkshire', contributor to '1001 Escapes'. Extensive picture library.
	Paul Murphy - website - email - I have a large picture library on many European and Mediterranean destinations, particularly holiday hotspots. 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.
	Mari Nicholson - email - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Award-winning writer, providing photos to accompany text. 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, copywriter and photographer for 20 years. Destination and travel-related features (regional products, wildlife, conservation issues, local customs) supplied to dailies, regionals, in-flights, consumer magazines, Suite101.com, and for worldwide syndication. Frequent Africa traveller and ‘Africa watcher’. Other specialities: cruises, France, Italy, Western European cities and 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 and photographer, 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 cover destinations all around the world. I also work as a travel editor for Rough Guides.
	Mark O'Connell - Mark O'Connell website - Superyacht website - email - I am a professional superyacht captain of some thirty years experience, and a former Royal Air Force photographer, whose worldwide travel, wildlife and marine pictures are widely used in travel and yachting magazines, brochures, websites and marketing.
	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. Pictures of many destinations throughout Europe and the Middle East.
	Marie Peyre - email Travel writer and editor now based in Norway. I can cover any destination in Scandinavia and Iceland, and can supply hi-res pix for most of them. I also write about food and restaurants around the world (reviews, articles, book). Recent clients have included, among others, Fodor's, Insight Guides, Virgin, Hotels.com and Visit Norway.
	Neil Ray - website - email - Freelance writer, photographer and editor based in Thailand, Neil has written travel guides covering European and South East Asia destinations. He has worked with international tourist associations on publishing projects whilst also contributing to a wide range of travel magazines and digital media publishers. As someone based in the region Neil has an in-depth knowledge of Asian affairs.
	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.
	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 - Editorial services website - email - Writer, editor, photographer. Project manager for Thomas Cook, AA Publishing, Dorling Kindersley, Insight Guides and other guidebook publishers. Travel journalist with articles and pictures 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.
	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.
	Cathy Smith - website - email - Award-winning writer and photographer working for UK nationals, regionals and magazines, in-flight magazines and overseas press. Specialises in travel photography and flowers. Recent awards: Best London Article; Canada Travel Awards Best Consumer Travel Writer (Finalist); Naples International Journalism Award. Author of "How to Write and Sell Travel Articles". Knows Canada and Italy very well.
	Duncan J D Smith FRGS - website - email - - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. 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, Cologne and Zürich. Commissioned articles and photo stock.
	Helena Smith - Helena Smith website - Eat Hackney website - email - - I'm an author, editor, project manager and photographer working for Rough Guides, DK and other travel book publishers. I am a winner of the Vogue and IoS writing competitions, and am senior photographer at the Edinburgh Film Festival. My specialities include Italy, Scotland and England, walking/hiking, camping, food and film festivals. I've exhibited my photography, including b&w images of Cuba, in London and Edinburgh.
	Peter Sommer - Travelwriting website - Tours & Cruises website - email - Archaeologist, writer, photographer, filmmaker, tour leader and Turkey specialist. Subjects from travel to history, farming to documentaries. 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).
	James Sturcke - website - email - I am based in La Rioja, Spain, and specialise in photography, working across northern Spain. A former Guardian newspaper staff reporter, I retain strong research / writing skills and experience, and am happy to provide words as well as pictures. In addition to the Guardian, I have worked for the Independent, the Mail-on-Sunday and Rough Guides.
	Hugh Taylor & Moira McCrossan - website - email - - Hugh Taylor is a photographer and 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.
	Emma Thomson FRGS, FRAI - website - email - - Formerly Commissioning Editor at Bradt Travel Guides, Emma is a Belgium expert (but regularly covers stories in Africa) and author of the Bradt Guide to Flanders and Brussels (2012). She is Brussels expert at Simonseeks.com and writes for Travel Africa, Africa Geographic, Msafiri, The Express etc. She takes pictures to accompany her writing and is a judge for the Travel Photographer of the Year awards.
	Gillian Thornton - email - SEE PERSONAL PAGE FOR MORE - PHOTO SELECTION Takes pictures to accompany own articles. 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.
	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.
	Sue Watt - website - email - Freelance writer and photographer 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.