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Lesley Anne Rose |
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Professional title
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Freelance travel writer |
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Address |
Scotland |
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Telephone (day)
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0771 934 3805 |
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Telephone (evening)
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0771 934 3805 |
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Fax:
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Mobile
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0771 934 3805 |
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E-mail
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la@lesleyannerose.co.uk |
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Website 1
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www.lesleyannerose.co.uk |
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Website 2
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Biography |
Lesley Anne has travelled widely in the British West Indies, including Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada and St Vincent & the Grenadines as well as Canada, Florida, Malta and the British Isles. She grew up in the south west and made various trips to Malta and the Greek Islands before moving to the north west to study theatre and religion at Lancaster University. After graduating, Lesley Anne began writing a travel column and features for a free quarterly newspaper for 18 months before moving into writing guidebooks. Along with guidebooks, she writes print and internet travel articles for various publications, organisations and tourist boards. Lesley Anne is a keen cyclist and active promoter of sustainable tourism practises. |
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Main professional activities |
Lesley Anne has been working as a freelancer writer since 1998 and divides her time between travel writing and script writing. In spring 2007 she had her first full length play - Home Fires - produced by the Dukes theatre in Lancaster and she has just finished writing a new guidebook to Malta for Frommer's. |
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Memberships |
Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild
Guidebook Writers.com
Writers and Photographers Unimited
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Awards |
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Most recent publications |
Frommer's Malta: Day by Day
Best of Britain: The Lake District
Frommer's Florida With Your Family
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Other important publications |
Caribbean Beat
Rough Guide to USA
Rough Guide to Florida
Rough Guide to the Caribbean
Rough Guide to Trinidad and Tobago
Business Case Studies from the Green Tourism Project – South West Tourism
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Areas of particular interest or expertise |
Lesley Anne has travelled widely in the West Indies including Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada and St Vincent & the Grenadines as well as Canada, Malta, Florida and the British Isles. Her particular interests are off the beaten track travel, sustainable tourism practises, carnival, history, film locations, cycling and safe adventures for women travelling alone. |
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Other relevant information |
When not travel writing Lesley Anne writes scripts. |