Rough Guides
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AUTHORS

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.


 
Simon Broughton
Simon Broughton, born in London in 1958, is a writer and film maker who has been involved in the world music scene for many years. ...... more>>
Peter Buckley
Peter Buckley is Digital Publisher at Rough Guides and DK Eyewitness Travel, responsible for the digital strategy and publishing for two of the world’s leading ...... more>>
Duncan Clark

Duncan Clark is a writer and editor specialising in environment and technology. He runs Green Profile, the environment imprint at Profile Books, and is ...... 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>>
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>>
Barry Forshaw

Barry Forshaw has written for the Independent, the Express, The Times and Publishing News. He has written ...... more>>

Michael Haag
Michael Haag, who lives in London, is the author of several books of history, travel, biography and literary studies. These include Alexandria: City of Memory ...... more>>
Bob Henson

Robert Henson was born in 1960 the Great Plains metropolis of Oklahoma ...... more>>

Rhodri Marsden

Rhodri is currently the technology columnist for more>>

James McConnachie
James McConnachie was born and brought up in south London, and studied English at Jesus College, Oxford. Touring the Loire in the back seat of ...... more>>
George Miller
George Miller grew up in the west of Scotland when vegetables (if you don’t count chips) were still quite a rare sight. Scotland recently clinched ...... more>>
Katharine Reeve
Katharine Reeve was an early organic vegetable box adopter and will soon be laying down her first asparagus bed on a new allotment share. But ...... more>>
Simon Richmond
Writer and photographer Simon Richmond honed his skills as a young journalist with the UK consumer magazine Which? before heading east to Tokyo in 1991. ...... more>>
David Smyth
David Smyth is the London Evening Standard's rock and pop critic, and has also written for Q, The New Statesman and The Daily Telegraph. He ...... more>>
Nicholas Tucker
Nicholas Tucker is honorary Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex. A former teacher and then an educational psychologist, he is the ...... more>>
Greg Ward
Greg Ward has been writing Rough Guides for over 25 years. He first became involved when he was teaching in Spain in the 1980s, and ...... more>>
Robert Webb
Robert Webb is a freelance music journalist and book editor and has contributed to BBC radio, Time Out, Mojo and the Independent, for which he ...... more>>
Nigel Williamson

Nigel Williamson is a former news editor of The Times, one-time editor of Tribune and a respected rock writer and journalist.

His music writing has ...... more>>

Cult SportCult Sport
Think you know all about sport? Think again. The Rough Guide to Cult Sport takes the armchair sports fan on a beguiling world tour exploring the maverick, the bizarre and the deliriously obscure parts of the sporting universe.
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Girl StuffGirl Stuff

Designed to be a friend through the teenage years.


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Brain Training Brain Training

Complete 5 puzzles a day to give your brain a thorough work-out.


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RunningRunning
This guide will propel you ahead of the pack with a power brew of reliable guidance and inspirational tips.
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Saving and Selling OnlineSaving and Selling Online

The definitive handbook for a healthier bank balance.


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HappinessHappiness

The ultimate ‘how to be happy’ handbook.


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