| Mike Gerrard |
last modified:
August 13, 2008 |
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Membership profile
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Mike Gerrard |
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Professional title
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Freelance travel writer/photographer |
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Address |
15 Church Green, RAMSEY, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE26 1DW |
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Telephone (day)
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01487 815668 |
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Telephone (evening)
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01487 815668 |
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Fax:
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0870 132 7363 |
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Mobile
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E-mail
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MGwrite@gmail.com |
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Website 1
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www.mikegerrard.com |
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Website 2
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www.pacific-coast-highway-travel.com |
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Biography |
Full-time freelance travel writer for the last 15 years or so, contributing to national newspapers and magazines, in Britain and overseas. Author and co-author of over 30 guidebooks, three radio plays for the BBC and a novel. UK and Ireland Feature Writer at www.suite101.com (8 million monthly readership.) Also writes and publishes own travel content websites: www.pacific-coast-highway-travel.com and www.greece-travel-secrets.com.
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Main professional activities |
Writing and photography for websites, newspapers and magazines. Guidebooks. |
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Memberships |
British Guild of Travel Writers
Society of Authors
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Awards |
Winner of a Travelex Award, a BGTW Award, two Awards for Excellence from the Outdoor Writers' Guild and a Benjamin Franklin Award for a guidebook to Paris. |
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Most recent publications |
SOLE AUTHOR:
CitySpots Guides to Amsterdam and Athens (Thomas Cook 2007 & 2006); Essential Spiral Athens, British Isles from the Air, Impressions of the Cotswolds, Focus on New England, Focus on Alaska, Colours of Paris (AA 2008, 2008, 2008, 2007, 2007, 2005); Going Underground: Paris (Navigator Guides 2005); Paris by Metro (Archant Life France, 2008) Globetrotter Guide to Corfu (New Holland 2005); National Geographic Traveler Guide to Greece (National Geographic 2007 and 2009).
Co-author with Donna Dailey: Top Ten Guide to Paris (Dorling Kindersley 2007); Spiral Crete, Spiral Corfu (AA 2006, 2007).
CONTRIBUTOR:
Official Travel Guide to 2007 Rugby World Cup (Purple Guides 2007); Key Guide to Ireland, Extreme Places, Key Guide to Western European Cities (AA 2005, 2007, 2008); Europe Travelbook (AA/AAA 2007); Eyewitness Tunisia (Editorial Consultant 2005) and Eyewitness Greek Islands/Athens and the Mainland (DK 2006).
UPDATER:
Traveller Guides to Amsterdam Crete, London, Mexico, New York and Paris, and HotSpots Tunisia and Corfu (Thomas Cook all 2006/2007); CityPack Amsterdam, Essential Spiral Crete, Explorer France, Spiral Las Vegas, Popout Cityguide Amsterdam (AA 2008, 2008, 2008, 2006, 2007); Globetrotter Guide to Tunisia (New Holland 2007); Insight Guide to Mexico (2007).
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Other important publications |
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Areas of particular interest or expertise |
Greece (especially Crete and Athens); Paris; Venice; Tunisia; Amsterdam; food and drink; Ireland; southern USA; Colorado; SW USA; guidebooks; photography. |
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Other relevant information |
Lives part of year at his home in Arizona where he is officially a 'resident alien', so well-placed for USA stories and books. |
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