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FRANCES LINZEE GORDON PAUL SHAWCROSS BETH TIERNEY JOBY WILLIAMS
Paul has been a freelance travel journalist and After a long spell trekking in the tropics, Joby has spent extended periods of time in
photographer for nearly 20 years. Although Beth became hooked on the beauty of the Latin America, first as a teacher and later as
his most recent work is a Paris guidebook underwater world. Since then, she and her a tour leader. Back in the UK, as well as ABOUT OUR AUTHORS
revision, he much prefers to write about more husband Shaun have written several dive contributing to numerous travel publications,
remote locations. “One of my next projects will travel guide books. ”I experienced the ultimate she is now working on a PhD. “Trekking to
be the almost tourist free, wide-open spaces of adrenaline rush on a recent visit to the Colombia’s Lost City to explore pre-Columbian
the fabulous Mercantour National Park in the Revillagigedos Islands in Mexico, where I saw ruins off the tourist radar is going to be my
hills above Nice.” Author of page 251. giant Pacific manta rays, five different next big adventure.“ Author of pages 76–9,
endangered shark species, and swam with 112–15, 206–9.
JAMES SMART bottlenose dolphins.” Author of pages 226–9.
Bitten by the travel bug since visiting Venice ROGER WILLIAMS
on a scholarship at the age of 17, Frances has In his career as an award-winning writer and ALEX WADE
made travel writing her trade. Her work has editor, James has contributed to many In 2007 Roger used a travel prize to find out
included TV features, articles, and first-edition publications. Upcoming activities include the Alex is the author of books on surfing and more about Russia, Turkey, Egypt, and Greece.
guidebooks on Africa and also the Middle Edinburgh Marathon, an attempt to pull his boxing and writes a column on coastal life “I’d like to win it every year,” says the author of
East, a region which particularly fascinates her. first snowboarding 360˚, and a hiking trip to for The Times newspaper. He has surfed Lunch with Elizabeth David, High Times at the
“I plan to spend a year in Syria, from where I hope France’s underappreciated Massif Central. in places as diverse as Barbados, Costa Rica, Hotel Bristol, and Burning Barcelona. “Next time
to get to Iran; arguably two of the most alluring “Extinct volcanoes, plateaus, and enormous California, Bali, France and Portugal. “The next I’ll do the Black Sea – Odessa, Crimea, Yalta,
but least understood destinations in the world.” slabs of cheese – I’m not sure if it gets any better.” destination on my surfing wishlist has to be Sochi, Trebzon. All places with magic names.”
Author of pages 28–9, 118–19. Author of pages 238–41. Chile.” Author of pages 236-7. Author of pages 14–17, 18–19, 20–23, 44–7,
142–5, 180–83, 274–7, 322–25.
LEE MARSHALL ANNELISE SORENSEN ALISON WALFORD
GREG WITT
Aware from an early age that he had been Writer and reporter AnneLise Sorensen has
born in the wrong country, in 1984 Lee penned (and wine-tasted) her way across four An adventure guide with encyclopedic
headed off to Italy from Bristol at the age of continents, from Barcelona to Belize and knowledge, Greg leads treks worldwide,
23, and has lived there ever since. A film critic Copenhagen to Calcutta, contributing to including his home turf of Utah’s majestic
and travel writer, he is keen to go back to the magazines, guidebooks, radio, and TV. Between mountains. “I love venturing off into the
hidden Vallée des Roses in southern Morocco. trips, she samples the weird and wonderful unknown. My next stop is Borneo, where I’m
“It’s the most enchanting valley full of little secrets of New York, a city that continually determined to snap a photo of a flying snake or
villages and rosebeds, and the people are satisfies her wanderlust. “On my travel list are pygmy rhino before delving into the limestone
amazingly hospitable.” Author of pages 262–3. the Borneo longhouses and Istanbul’s wine bars.” chambers of Mulu Caves.” Author of pages
Author of pages 270–73, 288–91. 82–3, 90–91, 124–7, 148–51, 220–23, 230–33.
JASON McCLEAN Alison has traveled widely to far-flung places
DEANNA SWANEY in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, but some of her ADRIAN WOODFORD
With two young children, Gaelen (3) and favorite destinations are much closer to home,
Ariane (9 months), the farthest Jason travels Deanna has traveled the world as a freelance including the wilder corners of Scotland and In between taking tourists up mountains and
these days is to kids’ warehouses around the journalist and has an almost spiritual affinity Cornwall. However, her next adventure will writing, Adrian attempts to entertain his two
UK. “While the children play I daydream of new with lonely places, especially Nevada, either be “a trek in the Ladakh region of the children. “This year I’m going to follow in the
destinations to visit, and I also long to visit the Namibia, Bolivia, the Arctic, and the tiniest Indian Himalayas or a trip to Addis Ababa, one of errant footsteps of Don Quixote, mapping his
land of nod for some quality sleep… as well as a islands of the South Pacific. “My next trip is likely Africa’s coolest city destinations.” Author of every misadventure with giants, windmills,
trip to the moon if at all possible in my lifetime.” to include the inspiringly isolated northern pages 202–3, 312. and dodgy innkeepers across the very real
Author of pages 234–5. reaches of Laos.” Author of pages 168–9. (but seldom seen) plains of La Mancha.”
GREG WARD Author of pages 96–9, 136–9, 258–61, 264–9.
DECLAN McGARVEY MATTHEW TELLER
Greg has been traveling and writing since SARAH WOODS
A travel writer and editor who specializes in Matthew is an award-winning author and the1980s. Besides a dozen different guides to
South America, Declan has lived in Buenos travel journalist who specializes in the Middle Hawaii, he has written books on the USA, the Triple award-winning travel writer Sarah has
Aires since 1999. “My next big trip will have to be East. “I have return visits lined up to Jordan, Southwest USA, the Grand Canyon, the Blues, been traveling the globe since the 1980s and
to the north-eastern tip of South America; to the Abu Dhabi, and Oman, but I’d love to go back to American history, and many other topics. “I’d has written extensively about South and
tropical wetlands, vibrant towns, and wonderful Saudi Arabia. It’s a beautiful country and I found love to see the Inca cities, high in the Peruvian Central America’s indigenous tribes.
white-sand beaches of Surinam, Guyana, and the people fascinating, cultured, and extremely Andes. The second I get over my fear of heights, “I’m currently trekking in the Darien jungle and
French Guiana. I am utterly fascinated by these hospitable.” Author of pages 42–3. I’m going!” Author of pages 158–9, 192–3. planning an Amazon expedition, but I’m also
three small non-Hispanic states.” Author of no stranger to luxury, having recently enjoyed
pages 129, 248–9, 154–7, 160. GAVIN THOMAS CILA WARNCKE Venice to London aboard the Orient Express.”
Author of pages 68–9, 224–5, 280–81.
JOHN OATES A Londoner by upbringing and an incurable Music and travel writer Cila considers herself
vagabond by inclination, Gavin has so far more of a colonizer than a traveler – since MARTIN ZATKO
Using the Guardian Young Travel Writer of the visited over 50 countries across the globe. leaving her native United States she’s pitched
Year award as an excuse to disappear from He now works as a freelance travel journalist camp in London, Ibiza, and Mérida, in Mexico’s
the UK in 2002, John spent an adventurous specializing in Arabia, India, and Sri Lanka. Yucatan Peninsula. “My next travel plan is to
year traveling solo from Turkmenistan to “I’d love to visit Iran, one of the world’s most take my laptop and my pointed political
Nepal. He has contributed to numerous fascinating, neglected, and misunderstood opinions to the vestiges of the Red Menace: Cuba
newspapers, magazines, and guidebooks, countries.” Author of pages 24–7, 30-31, 36–9, and China.” Author of pages 54–5.
including DK’s Eyewitness Travel Guide Estonia, 60–61, 92–5, 106–9, 172–5, 254–5, 282–5.
Latvia and Lithuania. “I am currently developing CAROL WILEY
a mild obsession with the former nation of Tuva.” HUGH THOMPSON
Author of pages 304–7. After completing a BA in Photography and an
After 10 years as a food and travel editor, MA in Journalism, Carol set off to photograph
GILLIAN PRICE Hugh now enjoys time travel – favorite the world for a while, living and working the
destination Ancient Egypt. “The temples and winter seasons in Austria and Australia. Today, Martin has been traveling almost non-stop
Gillian admits to a weakness for anything tombs of Egypt are so well preserved, you’re her work appears in over 40 books as well as for over seven years, and has written or
Mediterranean – especially if it involves the instantly transported back 2,000 years. And magazines, newspapers, and other media. “My contributed to the Rough Guides to Korea,
outdoors. “In the future I plan on exploring more my next trip also involves time travel of a favorite destination is Laos, where I seek out old China, Vietnam, and Europe. “I’m saving up to
of Italy’s little-visited regions such as the sort. I’m going on a family surfing holiday to men who are reviving ancient ceremonies and get back to North Korea, the least visited country
Maritime Alps, a superb blend of sea and Cornwall, just as I used to do over 20 years ago.” record their stories.” Author of pages 188–91, on earth and, at least in my tiny mind, the most
mountains.” Author of pages 110–11, 300–3. Author of pages 170–71. 318–21. fascinating.” Author of page 166-7, 293.

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