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Rough Guides authors and contributors travel the globe seeking the best the world has to offer, from San Francisco coffeehouses to backwater boat tours of Kerala, and everything in between. Browse our author bio pages below to get a deeper understanding of the people and the experiences behind writing Rough Guides.


 
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Simon Baskett
Simon Baskett has lived and worked in Madrid since 1992. He began his connection with Rough Guides in 1997 when he wrote the mini guide ...... more>>
Dominic Beddow
Dominic has produced informative maps of cities around the world since 1986 ­ including all 24 Rough Guide city maps. Over the years a particular ...... more>>
Ros Belford
Ros Belford is author of the Rough Guide to Italy. She lives with her two children on the Aeolian island of Salina. ...... more>>
Victor Borg
Born and bred in Malta, Victor Paul Borg is a freelance travel writer and photographer. He has written about 800 articles published around the world, ...... more>>
Jonathan Buckley
Jonathan Buckley was born in Birmingham, grew up in Dudley, and studied English Literature at Sussex University, where he stayed on to take an MA. ...... more>>
Tim Burford
After a degree in French Literature at Oxford University and a brief career in publishing, Tim Burford took the opportunity presented by the changes in ...... more>>
Brian Catlos
Born in Montréal in 1966, Brian Catlos juggled university and travel over five continents for seventeen years, working - among other things - as a ...... more>>
Jason Clampet
Jason Clampet was the founding editor of philadelphia.citysearch.com and editor of newyork.citysearch.com. His writing has appeared in "Philadelphia Weekly," "Architectural Record" and the best-selling manga ...... more>>
Robert Coates

Eager to leave genteel Bath in south west England as a fresh-faced eighteeen year old, Robert Coates used a handful of Rough Guides while backpacking ...... more>>

Sam Cook
Sam Cook (who writes under her full name, Samantha) was born in North London – where, a dyed-in-the-wool city girl, she still lives, happily settled ...... more>>
David Dalton
David has worked in journalism in the UK, Asia and Europe. He began his career on a local weekly newspaper in Solihull, West Midlands, before ...... more>>
Jeff Dickey
JD Dickey has been working for Rough Guides for nearly a decade, first writing the Rough Guide to Los Angeles (now in its fourth edition), ...... more>>
Jan Dodd
Born in Africa, Jan Dodd caught the travel bug early. She learnt how to read maps – and drink Newkie Brown – while ...... more>>
Martin Dunford
Martin Dunford is the author of Rough Guides to Rome, Italy, Amsterdam and New York, among others, and is consultant publisher for the series and ...... more>>
Nick Edwards
Having popped out in Kensington on 23rd February 1957, Nick Edwards was whisked away to South London by his wonderful adoptive mother and grew up ...... more>>
Mark Ellingham
Mark Ellingham was born in Wiltshire, UK, in 1959. After leaving Bristol University in 1981, he was unable to find an interesting job and decided ...... more>>
Mark Ellwood
British-born, New York-based Mark Ellwood has lived out of a suitcase for most of his life.

After studying at Cambridge University in England, he ...... more>>

Ron Emmons
Ron Emmons, a British native, lived and worked for many years in Africa and the Americas before settling in North Thailand in the late 1980s. ...... more>>
Emma Gregg

When Emma is out on a research assignment, the people she meets often get a faraway look when she tells them ...... more>>

Richard Hammond
Richard Hammond is a freelance travel journalist who first saw the benefits of genuine ecotourism while visiting the Indian Ocean island of Rodrigues in 1993. ...... more>>
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NorwayNorway
The definitive guide, from urbane Oslo to evocative descriptions of the magnificent mountains and fjords
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Tuscany MapTuscany Map
Packed with listing recommendations and constructed of waterproof and virtually indestructible paper.
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Northern Spain MapNorthern Spain Map
Packed with listing recommendations and constructed of waterproof and virtually indestructible paper.
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New York City MiniNew York City Mini

The Mini Rough Guide to New York City is your essential companion to one of the world’s most dynamic cities.
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PolandPoland
The definitive handbook, from Warsaw and Kraków to the medieval castles of the Teutonic Knights.
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EarthboundEarthbound
Showcasing the best of Rough Guides' evocative travel photography.
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